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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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The number of notified cases and deaths for the last five years is as follows:—
| Notified. | Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 339 | 142 |
| 1935 | 253 | 130 |
| 1936 | 217 | 126 |
| 1937 | 225 | 116 |
| 1938 | 244 | 122 |
The mortality rate was 0.84 per 1,000, as against 0.80 per 1,000 in
1937.
The following tables give, in tabular form, the number of cases of
Tuberculosis on the Medical Officer's Register; the number of new cases
coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, and the number
of deaths from Tuberculosis for the period under review.
TABLE 37. Notification Register.
| Pulmonabt. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total Cases. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
| Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining at the 31st December, 1938, on the Registers of Notifications kept by the Medical Officer of Health of the Metropolitan Borough | 563 | 295 | 858 | 130 | 129 | 259 | 1117 |
| Number of cases removed from the Register(s) during the year by reason inter alia of:— | 203 | 120 | 323 | 50 | 36 | 86 | 409 |
| (1) Withdrawal of notification | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| (2) Recovery from the disease | 12 | 11 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 49 |
| (3) Deaths | 80 | 42 | 122 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 134 |
| (4) Otherwise | 106 | 63 | 169 | 28 | 16 | 44 | 213 |