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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 1922

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

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53
DEATHS FROM PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.
TABLE 22.

Table: Shewing the number of Patients who died in their own homes and the number who died away fromhome in Hospitals or other Institutions. 1922.

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

home in Hospitals or other Institutions. 1922.

0-1-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-75-85-All Ages.
MalesFemalesTotal
Number of patients who died at home.........2471824181321...494089
Number of patients who died in hospitals, &c.1...43121420333325141...10555160
1...45162138575138162...15495249

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Of the total number of deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis 64.3 per cent. occurred in hospitals
or other institutions.
63 Deaths occurred in unnotified cases during the year.