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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 1923

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

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Table: TABLE J. Patients discharged during the year :—

TABLE J. Patients discharged during the year :—

Insured.Non-Insured
Cured—15
Arrested612
Improved64
" In statu quo"118
Moved away207
Transferred to other districts.62
Ceased attending168
Transferred to Domiciliary treatment163
Transferred to Institutions3—
Non-Tubercular145126
Open Air School—2
School Supervision—4
Refused Treatment2...
Totals231191

Table: TABLE K. Statistics of cases dealt with by the Tuberculosis Care Committee

TABLE K. Statistics of cases dealt with by the Tuberculosis Care Committee

Children—
New Cases69
Sent to Sanatoriums or Hospitals by L.C.C.61
Do. do. do. I.C.A.A.9
Referred to Poor Law2
Returned from Institutions59
Reports on progress of patients217
Adults—
New Cases127
Sent to Sanatorium or Hospital by L.C.C.115
Died11
Visits for Hospitals45

Table: TABLE L. Death-rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis for Southwark compared with the year 1922 :—

TABLE L. Death-rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis for Southwark compared with the year 1922 :—

1922.Southwark1.33 per 1000
1923.Southwark1.23 per 1000