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Various factors obviously had to be taken into account. After
a personal visit to each of these households, examination of records
at the Chest Clinic and, where necessary, consultation with the Chest
Physician, I endeavoured to classify these families into three main
groups as follows:—
Group A. Urgent need for rehousing at earliest possible date
This group included families where there was a highly infectious
case of tuberculosis, or a case likely to be infectious from time to
time and where the family contained children or adolescents living in
extremely overcrowded conditions. In these families there was an
ever-present danger of spread of infection, which was increasing every
day they remained in their existing accommodation.
Group B. Require considerable priority in rehousing
I placed in this category those patients who, although not infectious
at the time, might have deteriorated and become infectious if they had
to live indefinitely in existing accommodation.
I also included those patients who, although potentially infectious,
were living in households where overcrowding was not so severe or
where there were no children or adolescents.
Group C. Only low priority needed
Whilst all the families included in this category would have
benefited from rehousing, I placed them in this group if I felt that
the benefit would be no more than that which would accrue to other
families containing patients suffering from non-tuberculous disabilities.

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