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Hampstead, perhaps more than any other town Borough, is
influenced as regards the apparent incidence of tuberculosis by its
heathy situation and reputation; sufferers with the disease regard the
district as a suitable place for residence, and moreover a large number
of domestics are employed; of the adults notified as suffering with
tuberculosis last year—22 were domestic servants.
Shortage of employment, high rents and difficulties of living
generally, have caused under-nutrition and ailments that may well be
reflected in statistics of later years.
The following tables show the housing conditions under which
the newly notified cases were found to be living.
The tables may be read as follows:—taking as an example the
first line of the one relating to Pulmonary Cases. There were 8
instances in which 1 person (the patient) was found to be living in one
room; there were 6 instances in which 2 persons (one of whom was the
patient) were found to be living in one room:—