London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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Source of Notification.
Table II shows how cases were referred to the departments:-
TABLE II
| By whom notified | No .of cases |
|---|---|
| Relative | 38 |
| Doctor | 32 |
| Landlord | 22 |
| Member of Council | 15 |
| Friend | 13 |
| Tenant | 12 |
| Voluntary Body | 11 |
| Hospital Almoner | 10 |
| Housing Estates Manager | 5 |
| Home Helps | 4 |
| District Nurse | 3 |
| Sanitary Inspector | 2 |
| Health Visitor | 1 |
| Psychiatric Social Worker | 1 |
| L.C.C.Welfare Department | 1 |
| Hampstead. Old Peoples Welfare Assoc. | 1 |
| Clergyman | 1 |
| Solicitor | 1 |
| Unknown | 19 |
| Total | 192X |
x Double notifications were received in three cases.
The diversity of source from which our help was sought
gives some indication of the widespread concern of the public
and social workers as to this problem on which we are writing.
As would be expected our help was sought more in winter than
in summer months, but not to the extent which one would have
expected. In fact, taking October to March as covering the
colder half of the year, there are 112 cases compared with
77 in the warmer months, 59 per cent, as compared with 4l per
cent.
Accommodation Occupied.
Table III analyses by floor and rooms occupied the
accommodation in which the old people lived.