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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 1926
Report for the year 1926 of the Medical Officer of Health
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At the present time 55 discharged soldiers in receipt of a pension
for tuberculosis are resident in Hampstead. The number of cases of
tuberculosis known to the Department at the end of 1926 totals 602—
419 pulmonary and 153 non-pulmonary.
The following is an analysis of the occupations of the new cases-notified as tuberculous during 1926:—
| Occupation. | Pulmonary Cases. | Non-Pulmonary Cases. | Occupation. | Pulmonary Cases. | Non-Pulmonary Cases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actress | 1 | — | Merchants | 1 | 1 |
| Civil Servants | 3 | — | Motor Engineers | 4 | — |
| Chauffeurs | 2 | — | No occupation | 3 | 3 |
| Clerks | 7 | — | Needlewoman | 1 | — |
| Church Army Cad | 1 | — | Printer | — | 1 |
| Cabinet maker | 1 | — | School | 2 | 5 |
| Caretaker | 1 | — | Shop Assistants | 1 | 2 |
| Dispenser | 1 | — | Solicitor | 1 | — |
| Domestics | 9 | 2 | Signalman | 1 | — |
| Errand Boy | 1 | — | Students | 2 | — |
| Fruiterer | 1 | — | Tailor | 1 | — |
| Factory hand | 1 | — | Travellers | 3 | — |
| Hairdresser | 1 | — | 69 | 16 | |
| Housewives | 17 | 2 | |||
| Journalist | 1 | — | |||
| Land Girl | 1 | — |
Of the 69 cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis newly notified
in 1926:—
27 were treated at Sanatoria.
9 „ Poor Law Institutions.
12 „ Hospitals.
Of the 16 cases of Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis newly notified
in 1926:—
1 was treated at Poor Law Institution.
12 were treated at Hospitals.
The following cases, notified prior to 1926, were also removed : —
| Pulmonary. | N on-Pulmonary. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insured. | NonInsured. | Insured. | NonInsured. | ||
| To Sanatoria | 12 | 9 | — | — | |
| To Hospitals | 4 | 1 | l | — | |
| To Poor Law Institutions | 2 | — | — | — | |
Deaths from Tuberculosis.
The number of deaths from Tuberculosis in 1926 was 56. Of
these, 51 were due to Pulmonary Tuberculosis and 5 to other forms of
Tuberculosis.