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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

Chigwell 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]

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Table: 8. HE-HOUSING- PRIORITY ON MEDICAL GROUNDS.123 requests for priority for re-housing on medical grounds were referred to the Medical Officer of Health for assessment, usually supported by a doctor's written certificate. Each case was fully investigated by the Medical Officer of Health and recommendations made were as follows:-

8. HE-HOUSING- PRIORITY ON MEDICAL GROUNDS.

123 requests for priority for re-housing on medical grounds were referred to the Medical Officer of Health for assessment, usually supported by a doctor's written certificate. Each case was fully investigated by the Medical Officer of Health and recommendations made were as follows:-

DiseaseTotal ApplicantsPriority RecommendedPriority Not recommended
Asthma, bronchitis, catarrhal diseases etc.24420
Heart disease1266
Nervous disease (anxiety states, neurasthenia, neurosis etc.)481137
Rheumatism835
Tuberculosis44-
Other diseases413
Other conditions231112
1234083
Figures for 1956 were892663
„ „ 1957 „952966
„ „ 1958 „7634U2
„ „ 1959 „1034558

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The 83 applicants not recommended for medical priority
include (l) Illness not aggravated by housing conditions; (2)
(2) Temporary indispositions; (3) Those pleading the discomforts
of overcrowding and structural defects (i.e., grounds other than
medical); (4) Repeated requests already assessed.
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