London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Southwark 1924

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

This page requires JavaScript

Table: TABLE J.Patients discharged during the year

TABLE J.

Patients discharged during the year

Insured.Non-Insured.
Cured45
Arrested910
Improved-1
IT "In statu quo"12
Moved away1513
Transferred to other districts.1211
Ceased attending3529
Transferred to Domiciliary treatment282
Transferred to Institutions814
Non-Tubercular198364
Open Air School-1
School Supervision-12
Refused Treatment118
Child Welfare Centre-1
Totals321473

Table: TABLE K.Statistics of cases dealt with by the Tuberculosis Care Committee

TABLE K.

Statistics of cases dealt with by the Tuberculosis Care Committee

Children—
New Cases72
Sent to Sanatoriums or Hospitals by L.C.C.76
Do. do. do. I.C.A.A9
Referred to Poor Law5
Adults—
New Cases.179
Died12
Visits for Hospitals39

Table: TABLE L.Death-rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis for Southwark compared with the year 1923 :—

TABLE L.

Death-rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis for Southwark compared with the year 1923 :—

1923. Southwark1.23 per 1000
1924. Southwark1.38 per 1000