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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
Camberwell 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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Table IX. Camberwell. The years 1923 and 1924. Deaths from tuberculosis and the relation of their date to that of notification. Year 1923.
| The total number of deaths from tuberculosis was 305. | ||
| Not notified or notified after death | 73 | |
| Notified within one month of death | 37 | |
| Notified within three months of death | 33 | |
| Notified within six months of death | 44 | |
| — | 114 | |
| Notified more than six months | ... | 118 |
| 305 | ||
| Year 1924. | ||
| The total number of deaths from tuberculosis was 311. | ||
| Not notified or notified after death | 69 | |
| Notified within one month of death | 33 | |
| Notified within three months of death | 29 | |
| Notified within six months of death | 29 | |
| – | 91 | |
| Notified more than six months | 151 | |
| 311 |
Table X. (Sec page 30.)
Table XI.* Showing the number of deaths from tuberculosis during the last four years, allocated to the different wards of the Borough.
| Number of Wards. | Deaths. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921. | 1922. | 1923. | 1924. | Total of 4 years. | |
| 1 | 22 | 31 | 18 | 13 | 84 |
| 2 | 17 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 93 |
| 3 | 21 | 27 | 19 | 12 | 79 |
| 4 | 35 | 22 | 13 | 25 | 95 |
| 5 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 26 | 94 |
| 6 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 67 |
| 7 | 25 | 29 | 28 | 17 | 99 |
| 8 | 22 | 26 | 16 | 20 | 84 |
| 9 | 24 | 13 | 29 | 24 | 90 |
| 10 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 40 |
| 11 | 21 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 63 |
| 12 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 13 | 56 |
| 13 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 50 |
| 14 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 15 | 54 |
| 15 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 53 |
| 16 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 71 |
| 17 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 42 |
| 18 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 52 |
| 19 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
* Homeless cases not included.