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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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DEATHS FROM PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.
| Year. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Enteric Fever. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of Cases notified. | Cases removed to j Hospital. | Died in Hospital. | Percentage of Deaths. | Cases Treated at Home. | Died at Home. | Percentage of Deaths. | Total number of Cases notified. | Cases removed to Hospital. | Died in Hospital. | Percentage of Deaths. | Cases Treated at Home. | Died at Home. | Percentage of Deaths. | Total number of Cases notified. | Cases removed to Hospital. | j Died in Hospital. | Percentage of Deaths. | Cases Treated at Home. | Died at Home. | Percentage of Deaths. | Total number of Cases notified. | Cases removed to Hospital. | Died in Hospital. | Percentage of Deaths. | Cases Treated at Home. | Died at Home. | Percentage of Deaths. | |
| 1901 | 89 | 89 | 14 | 15.7 | . . . | ,,, | ... | 1301 | 1188 | 51 | 4.3 | 113 | 3 | 2.6 | 558 | 484 | 42 | 8.6 | 74 | 11 | 14.8 | 135 | 120 | 14 | 11.6 | 15 | 4 | 26.6 |
| 1902 | 518 | 513 | 74 | 14.4 | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 1098 | 1046 | 39 | 3.7 | 52 | 3 | 5.7 | 539 | 500 | 50 | 10.0 | 39 | 13 | 33.3 | 193 | 179 | 20 | 11.1 | 14 | 3 | 21.4 |
| 1903 | 40 | 39 | ... | 1 | 512 | 493 | 18 | 3.6 | 19 | ... | 354 | 333 | 19 | 5.7 | 21 | 4 | 19.0 | 122 | 105 | 19 | 19.0 | 17 | 3 | 17.6 | ||||
| 1904 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 3.7 | 1 | 415 | 388 | 11 | 2.8 | 27 | 1 | 3.7 | 281 | 257 | 18 | 7.0 | 24 | 8 | 33.3 | 92 | 77 | 13 | 16.8 | 15 | 5 | 33.3 | ||
| 1905 | ... | ... | ... | 776 | 740 | 28 | 3.8 | 36 | 304 | 280 | 38 | 13.6 | 24 | 6 | 250 | 74 | 67 | 7 | 10.4 | 7 | 4 | 57.0 | ||||||
| 1906 | ... | ... | ... | 1470 | 1428 | 45 | 3.2 | 42 | ... | 401 | 375 | 25 | 6.6 | 26 | 6 | 23.0 | 111 | 105 | 8 | 7.6 | 6 | 4 | 66.6 | |||||
| 1907 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1275 | 1232 | 34 | 2.7 | 43 | 1 | 2.3 | 422 | 410 | 32 | 7.8 | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 80 | 74 | 7 | 9.4 | 6 | 4 | 66.6 | ||
| 1908 | ... | ... | ... | 775 | 756 | 23 | 3.0 | 19 | 1 | 5.3 | 270 | 266 | 30 | 113 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 48 | 45 | 5 | 11.1 | 3 | 2 | 66.6 | ||||
| 1909 | 2 | 2 | ... | 590 | 583 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 256 | 244 | 26 | 10.7 | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 35 | 31 | 6 | 19 3 | 4 | ... | ... | ||||
| 1910 | ... | ... | ... | 419 | 413 | 9 | 2.2 | 6 | . .. | 284 | 278 | 33 | 11.1 | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 54 | 51 | 7 | 13.7 | 3 | ... | ... | |||||
| 1911 | ... | ... | ... | 480 | 474 | 6 | 1.3 | 6 | .. . | 293 | 287 | 29 | 10.1 | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 45 | 43 | 3 | 7.0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | |||||
| 1912 | ... | ... | ... | 500 | 493 | 4 | 0.8 | 7 | 2 | 28.5 | 284 | 276 | 25 | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 39 | 37 | 3 | 8.1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | ||||
| 1913 | 1 | 1 | ... | 880 | 857 | 11 | 1.2 | 23 | ... | 327 | 315 | 18 | 5.7 | 12 | 1 | 8.3 | 39 | 36 | 4 | 11.1 | 3 | 2 | 66.6 | |||||
| 1914 | ... | ... | ... | 1448 | 1405 | 21 | 1.5 | 43 | 1 | 2.3 | 338 | 330 | 34 | 10.3 | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 8.3 | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| 1915 | ... | ... | ... | 465 | 454 | 11 | 2.4 | 11 | 1 | 91 | 387 | 369 | 34 | 9.2 | 18 | 3 | 16.6 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 130 | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| 1916 | ... | ... | ... | 301 | 293 | 5 | 1.7 | 8 | ... | 442 | 423 | 36 | 8.5 | 19 | 5 | 26.3 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 18.2 | 2 | ... | ... | |||||
| 1917 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 276 | 263 | 7 | 2.6 | 13 | ... | ... | 580 | 560 | 41 | 7.3 | 20 | 5 | 25.0 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | ... | ... | ... | |||
| 1918 | ... | ... | ... | . . . | 653 | 625 | 11 | 1.7 | 28 | 3 | 10.7 | 504 | 489 | 40 | 8.1 | 15 | 1 | 6.6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | ... | ... | |||
Of the total number of deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis 58.4 per cent, occurred in hospitals
or other institutions.