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A broad classification of the cases notified
during the past two years (excluding those notified from
Friern Hospital) in relation to employment was:-
1953 1954
Clerical 4 4
Housewives 4 2
Children 1
Professional Classes 1 -
Factory Workers 6 1
Manual Workers 5 4
Hair dressing - 2
Food Trades 2 -
Nurses 1 -
Unclassified 2 6
Mass Radiography Unit 5B did not visit the district
during 1954, but has given an undertaking to return in the
near future
I would conclude by making a special plea for the
re-housing of families in which an open case of tuberculosis
is known to exist I fully appreciate the difficulties
which confront the Housing Committee and the Council in
providing adequate housing accommodation, as well as the
fact that housing needs are by no means confined to tuberculous
families On the other hand, the needs of a patient
suffering from tuberculosis are not the only desideratum
If a tuberculous family occupies premises which are overcrowded,
the risk of spreading the infection very greatly
increases No one can say how far the net will spread,
or what the ultimate effect will be Thus, not only on
humanitarian, but on strictly epidemiological lines, it is
of paramount importance that the re-housing of families from
which a case of tuberculosis has been notified, especially
where the patient continues to live at home, should be
granted high priority, I am very happy to think that the
Housing Committee has always given the most sympathetic
consideration to my representations I am fully convinced
that this is the proper course to adopt, and that not only
the family but the district as a whole will very definitely
benefit
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