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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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DEATHS FROM PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.
| Age-periods | Notifications on Form A. | Total Notifications on Form A. | Notifications on Form B. | Number of Notifications on Form C. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Primary Notifications. | Number of Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications on Form B. | Poor Law Institutions. | Sanatoria. | ||||||||||||||||
| 0-1 | 1-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-25 | 25-35 | 35-45 | 45-55 | 55-65 | 65 & upwards | Total Primary Notifications | Under 5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | Total Primary Notifications. | |||||
| Pulmonary Males | — | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 27 | 36 | 28 | 40 | 21 | 9 | 191 | 239 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 112 | 153 |
| „ Females | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 5 | — | 113 | 139 | — | — | — | — | — | 66 | 81 |
| Non-Pulmonary Males | 2 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 59 | 69 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 22 |
| „ ,, Females | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 37 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 16 |
Of the total number of deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis 61.9 per cent. occurred in hospitals
or other institutions.