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From this table it is obvious that in rehousing occupants of
properties in clearance areas it will be essential to take into consideration
the needs of old people. With their limited capabilities
it will, therefore, be most desirable that accommodation should be
available which will be sufficiently small for them to keep clean.

It was also considered of interest to note the place where death
took place and the interval between finding the patients and their
ultimate decease. Nearly half the deaths occurred amongst those
living alone, the great majority dying in hospital. Although the
numbers involved are too small to draw any definite conclusion, it
would appear that, with the exception of two males, all cases were
under the supervision of relatives or in hospital at the time of death.
Atmospheric Pollution
During periods of high concentration smog kills whilst the
sub-acute pollution that occurs as a nearly constant feature of
winter nights in urban areas produces marked deterioration in the
condition of patients with bronchitis or cardiac conditions. There
is also growing evidence that atmospheric pollution is an important
factor in the causation of chronic bronchitis.
Reference to Charts numbered 1, 2 and 3, shows the steady
build up of smoke and SO2 during the last quarter. The relatively
low figures found from mid-April to October are probably accounted
for to a considerable extent by the fact that it was the period of
maximal rainfall in 1958.
Sufferers from coronary disease and bronchitis are amongst
those whose condition is most aggravated by the products of
atmospheric pollution. During the last ten weeks of the year there
were repeated periods of fog and 16 people died of coronary
thrombosis and a further 18 of bronchitis.