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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]
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| Occupation. | Pulmonary Cages. | Non-pulmonary Cases. |
|---|---|---|
| Nurse | 2 | — |
| Odd Jobber | 4 | l |
| Pianist at Cinema | 1 | — |
| Plasterer | 1 | — |
| Police Constable | 1 | — |
| Police Officer (Colonial) | 1 | — |
| Postman | 1 | — |
| Printer's labourer | 1 | — |
| Retouching photographs | 1 | — |
| Scholar—middle class | — | 2 |
| „ —labouring class | 42 | 16 |
| Shop Assistant | 7 | — |
| Servant, domestic | 24 | 8 |
| Stock Exchange | 3 | — |
| Stoker | 1 | — |
| Student | 2 | — |
| Sweep | 1 | — |
| Tailor | 2 | — |
| Teacher | 2 | — |
| Warehouseman | 2 | — |
| Watchmaker | 1 | — |
| Wood Carver | — | 1 |
| No occupation | 12 | 3 |
| Children below school age | — | 6 |
| No information and Institution Cases | 27 | 11 |
| 244 | 56 |
Reference was made in my Report for last year to the Public
Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, dated 19th December, 1912. These
Regulations came into operation on 1st February, and they revoked the
previous Regulations and all Orders made by the Local Goverment
Board thereunder, and they applied to non-pulmonary as well as to
pulmonary tuberculosis. Medical Practitioners (unless acting as school
medical inspectors) attending on or called in to visit any person