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Hammersmith 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Table: Occupations.The following is an analysis of the occupations of the new cases notified as tuberculous during 1927:—

Occupations.

The following is an analysis of the occupations of the new cases notified as tuberculous during 1927:—

Occupation.Pulmonary Cases.Non-Pulmonary Cases.Occupation.Pulmonary Cases.Non-Pulmonary Cases.
Barman1—No occupation113
Children's Nurse .—1Photographer1—
Clerk132Porter1—
Commercial Traveller3—Process Worker1—
Company Director1—Sawmiller2—
Confectioner2—School Teacher2—
Domestic81Shop Manager2—
Dressmaker3—Sister of Mercy1—
Engineer1—Shop Assistant31
Gardener—1Student3—
Housekeeper1—Typist3—
Housewife61Waiter11
Instrument maker1—Warehouseman2—
Lay Reader1—Window cleaner1—
Merchant1—7911
Milkman1—
Motor Driver2—

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Of the 79 cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis newly notified
in 1927:—
44 were treated at Sanatoria.
7 „ Poor Law Institutions.
7 „ Hospitals.
Of the 11 cases of Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis newly notified
in 1927:—
2 were treated at Sanatoria.
5 „ Hospitals.

Table: The following cases, notified prior to 1927, were also removed: —

The following cases, notified prior to 1927, were also removed: —

Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
Insured.Non-Insured.Insured.Non-Insured.
To Sanatoria113——
To Hospitals2212
To Poor Law Institutions23——

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Deaths from Tuberculosis.
The number of deaths from Tuberculosis in 1927 was 45. Of
these, 38 were due to Pulmonary Tuberculosis and 7 to other forms of
Tuberculosis.
The deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis and from all forms of