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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Southwark 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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Table: DEATHS FROM PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.table 20.Shewing the number of Patients who died in their own homes and the number who died away fromhome in Hospitals or other Institutions.

DEATHS FROM PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.

table 20.

Shewing the number of Patients who died in their own homes and the number who died away from

home in Hospitals or other Institutions.

0-1-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-75-85-All Ages.
MalesFemalesTotal
Number of patients who died at home........114620202573.....494796
Number of patients who died in hospitals, (fee.162110142031252314......9651147
162224204051503017......14598243
Of the total number of deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis 60.5 per cent. occurred in hospitals or other institutions.