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Part I shows that a responsible person makes the
application.
Part II is the information given by the family doctor
and the answers show without doubt or possibility
of confusion from what the patient is suffering
and how this condition is affected by his or
her present dwelling. It was expected that
the practitioner signing the certificate would
have visited and seen these conditions. The
practitioner is then invited to assess in which
of four grades the amount of priority the
patient and the condition warrant, bearing in
mind his knowledge of other cases and applications.
It was fully realised that most practitioners
were not always aware of statutory or accepted
standards.
Part III is usually completed by the public health
inspector before the certificate reaches the
doctor, who is therefore in the happy position
of knowing whether there is any statutory overcrowding
or structural defect recognised by the
Borough, and he does not have to rely on the
patients' own statements.
Assessment of Certificates.
It was felt that a Panel should be set up to review
the certificates and decide the assessment of priority in
one of four categories. The Panel consisted of the
Medical Officer of Health, a Medical Consultant, and a
General Practitioner. One thousand, six hundred and
twenty-three of these assessments were made up to 31st
December 1958 and the following in an analysis of the
results.
Tables showing
Classification of Results -
Overleaf