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HOUSING—MEDICAL APPLICATIONS
From January 10th to December 16th, 1958, 70 applications with
medical certificates were received representing an increase of five.
In 14 applications, no additional medical points were
recommended.
There were 18 re-applications, and in 4 of these, further additional
medical points were recommended.
Fifteen applications were awarded maximum points of which 11
applications were for Ground Floor flat accommodation.
The medical causes are classified in the following groups. The
major causes alone are considered.
In one instance the reason advanced was that the house was
" haunted " ; investigations were carried out and points were awarded
for other reasons.
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary and Non-Pulmonary 6
Chest Diseases 5
Rheumatism, Arthritis, Arthropathy
Angina or Cardiac Weakness 2
Cerebral Thrombosis, Hypertension 4
Coronary Thrombosis
Psychosis or Psychoneurosis 22
Psychosis 3
Psychoneurosis 19
Epilepsy 5
Children, Illness or Overcrowding 9
Abdominal Operations or Disease 8
Endocrine disorder including Thyroid disease 3
Metabolic disorder including Diabetes 1
Blindness 1
Miscellaneous 3
A Table below shews a comparison over four years for the main
causes. In chronic diseases such as Tuberculosis, Chest diseases and
Arthritis, there is clearly little change from year to year. There is
a significant increase under anxiety state, or mental illness, and a
decrease under children's diseases. Certificates are now put forward
more on the condition of the mother than of the illnesses of the
children.
Tuberculosis
Chest Diseases
Rheumatism and Arthritis
Angina or Cardiac Weakness
Coronary Thrombosis
Anxiety State or Mental Illness
Children, Illness or Overcrowding
1955 1956 1957 1958
6 10 8 6
10 12 3 5
9 12 11 7
5 2 2 2
2 3 11
15 11 13 22
3 15 22 9
The number of re-applications is 25.7% of the total applications,
compared with 26% in the previous year.
As a matter of interest, records of medical applications received
from old persons over the age of 60 years, from September, 1955 to
29