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to the homes of tuberculous patients. In two hundred and forty-seven of
these, the environmental conditions were such as to require no further
action on the part of the public health department; in a further forty-nine
cases, it was found that the patients had moved away, and in thirty-one
other cases the investigations were postponed as the patients were away in
hospital or had not been contacted by the end of the year. The action
taken in the remaining twenty-eight is summarised as follows:-
Action taken Cases
Investigation or supervision
undertaken in respect of:-
(a) re-arrangement of existing
accommodation 11
(b) occupation of patients 2
(c) tracing of contacts 2
(d) prevention of spread of
infection 4
Recommended for priority re-housing 6
Action taken under Public Health
and Housing Acts in respect of
insanitary or unhealthy conditions 7
Incidence of tuberculosis amongst Kensington residents who
originated from areas outside England. Scotland and Wales
In my Annual Report for 1951, attention was drawn to what appeared
to be a disturbing trend in the incidence of tuberculosis amongst immigrants.
Since 1952, a more detailed investigation of this problem has taken place
and the following table sets out the information found in 1959:-
Country of
origin
Period (in years) between entry
to United Kingdom and notification
of disease
Total
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Austria
-
-
-
1
_
1
_
_
-
2
British West Indies
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
4
Cyprus
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
France
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
Gibraltar
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
Hungary
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
1
3
India
3
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
Ireland
7
4
2
2
2
1
2
-
1
21
Italy
-
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
Malaya
1
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
2
Nepal
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
Nigeria
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
Pakistan
1
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
Persia
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
Poland
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
Seychelles
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
South Africa
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
Spain
3
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
Uganda
1
_
-
-
-
-
—
-
-
1
TOTALS
24
12
6
4
2
3
2
1
2
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