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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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DEATHS FROM PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. TABLE 35. Shewing the number of Patients who died in their own homes and the number who died away from home in Hospitals or other Institutions, 1938.
| 0- | 1- | 2- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | All Ages. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | ||||||||||||
| Number of patients who died at home | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | — | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| Number of patients who died in hospitals, etc. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 69 | 32 | 101 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 34 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 80 | 42 | 122 |
Of the total number of deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis 80.1 per cent. occurred in hospitals or other
institutions.