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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
Islington 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1913]
| Watchmaker | 1 | Window cleaner | 1 |
| Woodcutter | 4 | Wire worker | 1 |
| Warehouseman | 9 | Wood sawyer | 1 |
| Waiter | 2 | Zinc worker | 1 |
This is an interesting Table which shows that those trades in which the
employees were exposed to severe weather conditions or to close confinement
suffered most. It bears close study.
Institutional Treatment. Some 589 persons, so far as could be
ascertained, were admitted to about 30 different institutions for treatment,
among which were:—
The Islington Infirmary.
Mount Vernon Hospital, Hampstead.
City Road Chest Hospital.
Victoria Park Hospital.
Maltings Farm Sanatorium, Suffolk.
Eversfield Chest Hospital, Hastings.
Royal National Sanatorium, Ventnor.
Benenden Sanatorium, Kent.
Royal Sea-bathing Hospital, Margate.
Brompton Hospital.
Northern Hospital Sanatorium, Winchmore Hill.
Table XCI.
TUBERCULOSIS.
| First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | The Year. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phthisis | |||||||||||||||
| Tubercular Meningitis. | |||||||||||||||
| Tabes Mesenterica | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||
| General Tuberculosis- | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| Other Forms of Tuberculosis | |||||||||||||||