Martin C J, Platt S D, Hunt S M
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1987 May 2;294(6580):1125-7. doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6580.1125.
Lack of empirical evidence that living in damp houses has detrimental effects on health may partly be due to inadequate research. A preliminary study was therefore carried out of a random sample of council owned residences in a deprived area of Edinburgh, a respondent from consenting households being interviewed to obtain a profile of the physical and mental health of all adults and children. In addition, information was gathered about other factors that might be important, particularly smoking and selective bias in the allocation of tenants to houses. Independent measures of dampness were made by environmental health officers. No conclusive effects of damp on the health of adults were identified. Nevertheless, children living in damp houses, especially where fungal mould was present, had higher rates of respiratory symptoms, which were unrelated to smoking in the household, and higher rates of symptoms of infection and stress. Housing should remain an important public health issue, and the effects of damp warrant further investigation.
缺乏关于居住在潮湿房屋中对健康有不利影响的实证证据，部分原因可能是研究不足。因此，对爱丁堡一个贫困地区市政所有住宅的随机样本进行了一项初步研究，对同意参与的家庭中的一名受访者进行访谈，以获取所有成年人和儿童的身心健康状况。此外，还收集了其他可能重要的因素的信息，特别是吸烟情况以及租户分配到房屋时的选择性偏差。环境卫生官员对潮湿程度进行了独立测量。未发现潮湿对成年人健康有确凿影响。然而，居住在潮湿房屋中的儿童，尤其是存在真菌霉菌的地方，呼吸道症状发生率更高，这些症状与家庭吸烟无关，感染和压力症状的发生率也更高。住房应仍然是一个重要的公共卫生问题，潮湿的影响值得进一步调查。
