Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1921 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Occupations. The following is an analysis of the occupations of the new cases notified as tuberculous during 1920:—
Occupation. | Pulmonary Cases. | Non-Pulmonary Cases. | Occupation. | Pulmonary Cases. | Non-Pulmonary Cases. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Accountant | 1 | — | Housewives | 12 | 5 |
Artists | 2 | — | Labourers | 2 | — |
Bill poster | 1 | — | Laundress | 1 | — |
Carman | 1 | — | Machinist | 1 | — |
Charwomen | 2 | 1 | Mechanics | 2 | — |
Chauffeurs | 1 | — | Merchants | 2 | — |
Cleaners | 1 | — | No occupation | 6 | 12 |
Clerks | 6 | — | Porters | 2 | — |
Commercial Traveller | 1 | - | Printer's reader | 1 | -_ |
Road sweeper | 1 | -_ | |||
Dentists | 3 | -_ | School children | 3 | 25 |
Domestic Servants | 17 | 5 | Secretaries | 2 | — |
Dressmakers | 1 | 2 | Shop Assistants | 2 | 1 |
Engineers | 2 | — | Stencil cutter | 1 | — |
Ex-Officers | 1 | 1 | Tobacconist | 1 | — |
Ex-service men | 14 | 2 | Upholsterer | 1 | — |
French polisher | 1 | — | Violin maker | 1 | — |
Furniture dealer | — | 1 | Watch maker | 1 | — |
Gas fitter | 1 | — | No Information | 3 | — |
Gas meter collector | 1 | — | |||
Hairdresser | 1 | — | 103 | 55 |
Removal of Cases. Of the newly notified cases in 1921, 112 were removed.
Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |
To Sanatoria (non-insured) | 34 | 3 |
To Hospitals | 35 | 12 |
To Infirmaries | 15 | 4 |
To Nursing or other Homes | 4 | 5 |
88 | 24 |
The following cases, notified prior to 1921, were also removed.
Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |
---|---|---|
To Sanatoria (non-insured) | 10 | 3 |
To Hospitals | 20 | — |
To Infirmaries | 7 | — |
To Nursing or other Homes | 1 | — |
38 | 3 |
DEATHS.
The number of deaths from Tuberculosis in 1921 was 71. Of