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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 1918
[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.
Arrested
16
15
Improved
18
21
"In statu quo"
17
9
Moved away
13
5
Transferred to other districts.
11
12
Ceased attending
11
3
Transferred to Domiciliary
treatment
15
3
Transferred to Institutions
11
12
From Tubercular
3
-
Totals
115
80
TABLE K.
Occupations of 318 New Cases.
Ex-Services
73
Brassfinisher
1
Chemist
1
Labourers
24
Factory hands
31
Glass Polisher
1
Printers
19
Bakers
2
Insurange agents
5
Packers
7
Bath Attendant
1
Bootmakers
3
Porters
8
Warehousemen
14
Painters
3
Clerks
17
Postmen
2
Theatre Attendants
2
Domestics
19
Tailors
7
Lay Reader
1
Machinists
14
Photographer
1
Sawyer
1
Foremen
3
Waiters
4
Furriers
2
Shop Assistants
8
Carmen
1
Steward
1
Electricians
4
Motor Driver
1
Police
1
Engineers
14
Caretaker
1
Butcher
1
Munitioneers
6
Musician
2
Milliner
1
Nurse
1
Hawkers
2
Laundry Hand
1
TABLE L.
Death-rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis for Southwark compared
with London as a whole:—
Southwark
2.38 per 1000
London
1.68 do.
TABLE M.
Notification of fresh cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis:—
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
911
775
653
634
639
685
579