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Hackney 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Infectious Cases of Tuberculosis—Housing Conditions.—During
1935 the Public Health Committee referred to the Housing and
Town Planning Committee a memorandum on the question of the
housing accommodation of persons infected by tuberculosis with a
suggestion that special attention should be paid to the position of
infectious tuberculous persons when large housing schemes were
under consideration.
The following list of cases, which was placed before the Committee,
must be considered an indication of the various types of
conditions that occur in the Borough and must not be regarded as
an exhaustive list.
According to the housing survey standard more than one-third
of the cases in the list cannot be dealt with as overcrowded families
under the Housing Act, 1935. The question of separating the
sexes as well as the tuberculous persons is the great difficulty.
| Age and Address of Patient. | No. in Family. | No. of rooms occupied. | Institutional treatment:— (1) Now away. (2) Has been away. | Remarks as to Sleeping Arrangements, etc. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 years Belsham Street | 7 | 4 | (2) | Son and daughter suffering from tuberculous glands. |
| 24 years | 3 | 2 | (2) | Sleeps in living room. |
| 17 years Benthal Road | (2) | Shares bedroom with mother. | ||
| 25 years | 7 | 2 | (2) | Males occupy one bedroom and |
| 19 years | (1) | females the other. | ||
| 21 years Broadway, E.8 | (2) | |||
| 55 years Clapton Square | 5 | 3 | (2) | Shares bedroom with wife and daughter, aged 15. |
| 6 years Clarence Mews | 8 | 3 | (2) | Shares bedroom with parents and three other children. |
| 22 years | 7 | 3 | (2) | Shares bedroom with father and brother. |
| 23 years Clevedon Passage | (2) | Shares bedroom with mother and two sisters. | ||
| 18 years Daintry Street | 5 | 4 | (2) | Shares bedroom with two sisters. Mother died of tuberculosis. |