London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Southgate 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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this service; it is surely to the advantage of every medical
practitioner to make the maximum use of it.
The following table, which illustrates this point, sets out the notifications of tuberculosis received from the various wards of the Borough:
| South | 15 |
| Middle | 25 |
| North-East | 18 |
| North-West | 11 |
The occupations of the notified cases were as follows :
5 scholars,
16 housewives,
4 infants,
4 teachers,
1 scientific instrument maker,
2 R.A.F. personnel,
1 builder,
1 naval rating,
1 motors,
1 machinist,
6 clerks,
1 art student,
1 civil servant,
1 factory worker,
1 timber merchant,
1 telephone engineer,
1 domestic servant,
3 typists,
2 light engineering,
1 butcher,
1 usherette,
1 apprentice bookbinder,
1 chemist,
1 upholsterer,
1 mason,
1 soldier,
1 hospital worker,
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