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Medical Grounds.
72 requests for re-housing priority on medical grounds
were referred to the Medical Officer of Health for assessment,
of which 71 were supported by a doctor's written certificate.
Each case was fully and personally investigated and recommendations
to the Council were as follows:—
Disease Total Priority Priority
Applicants Recom- Not Recommended.
mended
Nervous (anxiety states,
neurasthenia, neurosis) 15 5 10
Asthma, bronchial and
catarrhal diseases, etc. 11 7 4
General ill-health and
physical strain 7 4 3
Rheumatism 6 6 0
Heart 5 2 3
Quarrelling with other
occupants 4 0 4
Mental 3 2 1
Tuberculosis 2 2 0
Poliomyelitis 1 1 0
Multiple illness in family 5 3 2
Other diseases 13 8 5
72 40 32
The 32 applicants not recommended for medical priority included
(1) Illness not aggravated by present housing conditions
(2) Temporary indispositions (3) Those not expected to live
long (4) Those pleading the normal discomforts of overcrowding
and structural defects.
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