Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Tuberculosis — environmental conditions
Case papers showing the environmental conditions of new patients attending the Lewisham Chest Clinic in 1962 have been analysed in 146 cases with the following results :—
Table 46
Cases | %* | |
---|---|---|
Males | 88 | 60 |
Females | 58 | 40 |
Social classification:— | ||
Class I | 2 | 2 |
Class II | 14 | 12 |
Class III | 72 | 63 |
Class IV | 15 | 13 |
Class V | 11 | 10 |
Not classifiable | 32 | — |
Rooms occupied:— | ||
2 or more rooms per person | 20 | 14 |
1—2 rooms per person | 82 | 59 |
Less than 1 room per person | 37 | 27 |
No information | 7 | — |
Accommodation:— | ||
Separate bed | 62 | 42 |
Separate bedroom | 43 | 29 |
Condition of premises occupied:— | ||
Good | 108 | 79 |
Fair | 22 | 16 |
Poor | 7 | 5 |
No information | 9 | — |
'Excluding cases not classified |
Food poisoning
The cases last year formally notified further decreased, from
26 to 13. Again I must point out that the number notified is probably
incomplete as many cases are sufficiently mild as not to require the attendance
of a doctor. The following tables are based on returns made to
the Ministry of Health.
(1) Food poisoning cases
Table 47
Notifications (corrected) | Cases otherwise ascertained | Symptomless excreters | Fatal cases | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st quarter | 4 | - | - | - |
2nd quarter | 6 | - | - | - |
3rd quarter | 5 | _- | _- | - |
4th quarter | 3 | - | - | — |
Year | 18 | — | — | — |