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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 1926

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

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Table: DEATHS FROM PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.TABLE 50.Showing the number of Patients who died in their own homes and the number who died away fromhome in Hospitals or other Institutions. 1926.

DEATHS FROM PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.

TABLE 50.

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

home in Hospitals or other Institutions. 1926.

0-1-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-75-85All Ages.
MalesFemalesTotal
Number of patients who died at home.........127101217112......471562
Number of patients who died in hospitals, &c.122181720282620111...9641137
1222102430404331131...14356199

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Of the total number of deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis 68.8 per cent. occurred in hospitals
or other institutions.