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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hampstead 1924
Report for the year 1924 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Tuberculosis Medical Officer as a " suspect," should be sent to such
a school until the suspicion is removed or the reason for the delicacyascertained.
The number of cases notified in recent years is as follows:—
| Year. | Persons newly notified. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis (Voluntarily notifiable 1902; Compulsorily notifiable 1912). | Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis (Compulsorily notifiable from 1st February, 1913). | Total. | |||
| 1913 | 244 | 56 | 300 | ||
| 1914 | 142 | 30 | 172 | ||
| 1915 | 172 | 48 | 220 | ||
| 1916 | 193 | 51 | 244 | ||
| 1917 | 256 | 52 | 308 | ||
| 1918 | 291 | 70 | 361 | ||
| 1919 | 165 | 48 | 213 | ||
| 1920 | 118 | 53 | 171 | ||
| 1921 | 103 | 55 | 158 | ||
| 1922 | 101 | 34 | 135 | ||
| 1923 | 88 | 36 | 124 | ||
| 1924 | 100 | 25 | 125 | ||
At the present time 72 discharged soldiers suffering with tuberculosis
are resident in Hampstead. The number of cases of tuberculosis
known to the Department at the end of 1924 totals 842—647 pulmonary
and 195 non-pulmonary.
| Occupation. | Pulmonary Cases. | Non-Pulmonary Cases. | Occupation. | Pulmonary Cases. | Non-Pulmonary Cases. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Army and Navy Pensioners | 5 | — | Labourers | 4 | — | |||
| Laundress | 1 | — | ||||||
| Artists | 3 | — | Leather Worker | 1 | — | |||
| Bootmaker | 1 | — | Messenger | 1 | — | |||
| Bricklayer | 1 | — | Motor Bus Driver | 1 | — | |||
| Carpenter | 1 | — | Nurse | 1 | — | |||
| Case Maker | — | 1 | Plumber | 1 | — | |||
| Chartered Accountant | 1 | — | Police Constable | 1 | — | |||
| Chauffeurs | 2 | 1 | School Children | 3 | 7 | |||
| Clerks | 7 | 1 | Shop Assistants | 6 | — | |||
| Commercial Traveller | 1 | — | Shop Keepers | 2 | — | |||
| Directors | 2 | — | Solicitors | 2 | — | |||
| Domestic Servants | 12 | 2 | Sorter, Post Office | 1 | — | |||
| Draughtsman | 1 | — | Storekeepers | 2 | — | |||
| Dressmakers | 1 | 1 | Student | 1 | — | |||
| Factory hands | 2 | — | Teacher | 1 | — | |||
| Fireman on railway | 1 | — | Ticket Collector | — | 1 | |||
| French Polisher | 1 | — | Undertaker | — | 1 | |||
| Gardener | — | 1 | Violinist | 1 | — | |||
| House Painters | 2 | — | Waitress | — | 1 | |||
| Housewives | 18 | 2 | No occupation | 6 | 6 | |||
| Journalist | 1 | — | ||||||
| Laboratory Assistant | 1 | — | 100 | 25 | ||||