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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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The distribution of cases of tuberculosis notified among the various wards was as follows:—
| North-east | North-west | Middle | South |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
A broad classification of the cases of tuberculosis notified during the past five years in relation to employment was:—
| 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clerical | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
| Housewives | — | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Children | 1 | — | 5 | — | — |
| Manual labour | 3 | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| Factory Workers | 3 | — | 4 | 1 | — |
| Professional Glasses | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Armed Forces | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Domestic Service | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Food Trades | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Students | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Shop Assistants | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Nurses | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Non-manual trades other than food | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | _ |
| Teachers | — | 3 | — | 1 | — |
| Unclassified | 12 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 5 |
| 30 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 16 |
Our scheme for the B.C.G. vaccination of school children is
actively continuing and is working extremely well. This work is
undertaken by the School Health Service.
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