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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Summary of Notifications during the period from the 30th December, 1928, to the 28th December, 1929,
in the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark.
| Age-periods | Notifications on Form A. | Notifications on Form B. | Number of Notifications on Form C. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications on Form A. | 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 | — | - | 5 | 2 | 20 | 29 | 37 | 32 | 46 | 28 | 16 | 215 | 260 | — | - | - | - | - | 143 | 156 |
| ,, Females | — | — | 1 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 110 | 135 | — | - | — | - | - | 57 | 88 |
| Non-Pulmonary Males | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 45 | — | - | - | - | - | 9 | 31 |
| ,, Females | — | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 32 | 36 | — | — | - | - | - | 4 | 21 |
Of the total number of deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis 67.7 per cent. occurred in hospitals
or other institutions.