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9
Medical
Condition
*Category 1
Category 2
Category 3
Category 4
Tuberculosis
6
9
-
2
Bronchitis and/
or Asthma
15
20
14
2
Other Respiratory
conditions
1
1
-
1
Heart Conditions
4
9
4
-
Physical disabilities
(bad legs, etc.)
-
1
1
3
Nervous disorders
2
19
27
7
Rheumatic
conditions
2
14
16
3
Other Medical
conditions
14
19
40
7
Category 1 = 'Most Urgent'; 2 = 'Urgent'; 3 = 'Soon' and
4 = 'No Priority'
Included in the above table were 74 recommendations
for the provision of ground floor accommodation or
accommodation with a lift. This represents 28% of the
total recommendations and is an indication of the high
demand for accommodation of this type. Most of these
recommendations were for aged persons who find difficulty
in negotiating stairs.
One hundred and two families, whose applications had
been recommended for priority on medical grounds were
rehoused during the year.
It is a pleasure to record the close co-operation
given by general practitioners and hospital staffs in the
successful working of this scheme.
Immigrants
There has been considerable improvement in the
immigrants' way of living in this Borough, and now few
matters of public health importance are brought to the
notice of the Public Health Department. The majority of
immigrants are West Indians.
Housing problems are, however, still considerable and
a good deal of overcrowding is known to be present.
Frequent change of residence is common among coloured
immigrants and it is sometimes difficult to ascertain the
relationship between occupants of their houses. The
question of the shared lavatory where there is joint
occ upation by white and coloured people still gives rise
to some difficulties but apparently to a diminishing
extent.