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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

Fulham 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]

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DISINFECTION
The following rooms were disinfected and cleansed after Infectious Diseases, etc. :—

Table: TABLE 44Housing Accommodation

TABLE 44

Housing Accommodation

Number of Families occupying
One room.Two rooms.Three rooms.Four rooms.Five rooms.Six rooms or more.
Patient living alone1532___
Patient living with—
1 other610144——
2 others15161144
3 „—318775
4 „—27944
5 „——5114
6 „——2211
7 „———311
222364371819

Table: TABLE 45

TABLE 45

Sleeping Accommodation of 183 Tuberculous Patients
The patient slept:—
In a separate room in85cases.
Alone in bed with one other in room in20cases.
Alone in bed with two others in room in7cases.
Alone in bed with five others in room in1case.
In bed with one person and no others in room in54cases.
In bed with one person and one other in room in6cases.
In bed with one person and two others in room in4cases.
In bed with one person and three others in room in1case.
In bed with two persons and no others in room in4cases.
In bed with two persons and one other in room in1case.

Table: TABLE 46.

TABLE 46.

Occupations of 99 Men (New Cases) in 1938.
2Bakers12Labourers
4Barmen1Lift Man
1Butcher1Machinist
1Cinema Attendant1Male Nurse
10Clerks1Market Dealer
1Coal Carman7Motor Drivers
1Cook1Musician
1Coppersmith6Painters
6Electricians1Plasterer
3Engineers1Plumber
1Exhibition Demonstrator2Porters
3Fitters1Postman
1Fruiterer1Radio Tester
1Gardener1Railway Platelayer
1Instrument Maker10Salesmen
1Laboratory Assistant1Sawyer
1Steel Erector1Upholsterer
1Surveyor's Assistant1Waiter
1Temporary Structure Erector1Washhouse Hand
1Tote Operator2Window Cleaners
1Traveller3Nil