[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Hertfordshire County Council.

  • Hertfordshire (England). County Council. n 50062101.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Hertfordshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Preventive Measures.—Good housing conditions, sufficient rest—especially for adolescents—and an adequate supply of wholesome food are the essential factors in the prevention of the spread of the disease, combined with early diagnosis and the segregation of infectious cases. A further effort has been made to persuade contacts to submit to examination with the result that during the year 434 were examined compared with 267 last year. Of this number 24 were found to have definite tuberculosis of the lungs ; two were suffering from non-pulmonary tuberculosis. During the year 348 home condition forms were forwarded by the Health Visitors, from which the following particulars have been obtained. Table 10. Home Conditions. Good Indifferent Bad Insured ..... 82-9 14-9 2-2 Uninsured .... 79-8 19-1 M Totcil • • • • 81-3 17-0 1-7 Number of Persons per Bedroom. Two or less Three Four Over Four Insured 88-0 10-3 1-7 — Uninsured 87-6 11-2 •6 •6 Total 87-8 10-8 1-1 •3 The figures in the above table show a marked fall in the percentage of bad home conditions compared with last year. Examination of Patients.—During the year 1,355 persons were examined, compared with 1,109 last year> with a view to