Certain Characteristics of Urban Housing and Their Relation to Illness and Accidents: Summary of Findings of the National Health Survey

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No exact line of demarcation defines crowding but 17.6% of all households had more than 1, 6.3% more than 11/2 and 4% 2 or more persons per room. Illness disabling for a week or longer occurred with increasing frequency among the more crowded households, especially among the lower income groups. There is a marked increase of incidence of pneumonia and tuberculosis in crowded households and an earlier age incidence of the common communicable diseases of childhood. Urban households not having an inside flush toilet for their sole use, 11.4% of the total, showed an incidence rate of digestive diseases 70% in excess of the rate for persons residing in households having such facilities. Home accidents decreased as the rental or value of the property went up and crowding conditions decreased.

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