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"Can I have a letter for the housing, doctor?"
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Doctors are often asked to appeal to housing departments to take a child's ill health into consideration for rehousing points. Less frequently they are asked to provide evidence on behalf of a patient who is suing a housing authority for compensation because it is believed that poor housing conditions have caused a deterioration in their health. Children with asthma or other respiratory symptoms are the subject of this review.
It is generally accepted that poor housing is associated with poor
health.1 However, it is far harder to ascribe a specific illness such as asthma to factors believed to be adverse, such as
dampness and mould. In a litigation case, it is not enough to say "it
is well known that poor housing is related to poor health and no
family, healthy or otherwise, should live in a damp and mouldy
house". What is required is a clear statement on whether
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