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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 1925
Report for the year 1925 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 1925:—
| Occupation. | Pulmonary Cases. | Non-Pulmonary Cases. | Occupation. | Pulmonary Cases. | Non-Pulmonary Cases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Army and Navy Pensioners | 1 | - | Interpreter | 1 | — |
| Missionary | 1 | — | |||
| Actress | 1 | — | Merchants | 3 | — |
| Barrister | 1 | — | Musician | 1 | _ |
| Brass finisher | 1 | — | Motor Body Builde | 1 | — |
| Butcher | 1 | — | Nurse | 2 | 2 |
| Cashier | 1 | — | Porter | 3 | — |
| Civil Servants | 3 | — | Postman | 1 | — |
| Coachman | 1 | — | School Children | 2 | 2 |
| Cabinet makers | 3 | — | School Inspector | — | 1 |
| Clerks | 11 | 1 | Shop Assistants | 3 | — |
| Commercial Traveller | 3 | — | Sheet Metal worker | 1 | — |
| Domestic Servants | 6 | 3 | Solicitor | 1 | — |
| Dispenser | 1 | — | Surveyor | 1 | — |
| Dressmakers | 2 | — | Teachers | 2 | — |
| Factory hand | 1 | — | Tailor | 1 | — |
| Electrical Engineer | 2 | — | Warehouseman | 2 | — |
| Gardener | 1 | — | Waitress | 1 | — |
| Gasfitter | 1 | — | No occupation | 5 | 2 |
| House Painters | 2 | — | - | - | |
| Housewives | 21 | 3 | 99 | 14 | |
| Housekeepers | 3 | — | - | - |
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925.
By these Regulations it is provided that no person who is aware
that he is suffering from tuberculosis of the respiratory tract shall enter
upon any employment or occupation in connection with a dairy which
would involve the milking of cows, the treatment of milk, or the
handling of vessels used for containing milk; and it is further
provided that if a local authority, on the report in writing of their
Medical Officer of Health, is satisfied that a person residing in their
district who is engaged in any such employment or occupation is so
suffering and is in an infectious state, they may require such person to
discontinue his employment or occupation.
Provision is made for compensation being made for damages
sustained as a result of action taken in pursuance of these Regulations.
These clauses do not, however, extend to all persons associated
with the sale of milk, as the expression "dairy" does not include a
shop or other place in which milk is sold only for consumption on the
premises.
These provisions of the Regulations were specially communicated
to all employers concerned, and their co-operation therewith was
invited.
No case arose during the year in which action was taken under the
Regulations.
The following cases, notified prior to 1925, were also removed: —
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insured. | Non-Insured, | Insured. | Non-Insured. | |
| To Sanatoria | 7 | 8 | — | l |
| To Hospitals | 4 | 2 | — | 1 |
| To Poor Law Institutions | 4 | 2 | — | — |