Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE J.
Patients discharged during the year:—
Insured. | Non-Insured, | |
Cured | 2 | 18 |
Arrested | 30 | 21 |
Improved | 13 | 13 |
"In statu quo" | 15 | 5 |
Moved away | 11 | 2 |
Transferred to other districts. | 7 | 6 |
Ceased attending | 10 | 5 |
Transferred to Domiciliary treatment | 19 | 2 |
Transferred to Institutions | 4 | 6 |
Non-Tubercular | 104 | 88 |
Open Air School | — | 8 |
Totals | 215 | 174 |
TABLE K.
Statistics of cases dealt with by the Tuberculosis Care Committee—
Children sent to Sanatoriums or Hospitals | 49 |
New cases during the year | 61 |
Sent away by the Invalid Children's Aid | 18 |
Sent to the Infirmary | 8 |
Died | 1 |
Referred to other districts | 1 |
Reports on progress of patients | 321 |
Friendly visits for Hospitals | 115 |
Adult Cases enquired into | 11 |
TABLE L.
Death-rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis for Southwark compared with London as a whole:—
Southwark | 1.3 per 1000 |
London | 1.01 per 1000 |
TABLE M.
Notification of fresh cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis :—
1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | |
911 | 775 | 653 | 634 | 639 | 685 | 579 | 494 | 415 |