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will be unnecessary to enter here, except in so far as there is action
on the part of the Vestry to report during 1900.
The total deaths due to "Consumption" or Phthisis during 1900
were 172, giving a death-rate of 2.59 per 1,000. The London rate
was 1.71 per 1,000. The highest rates were, 2.85 in Holborn,
2.99 in St. Giles, 3.11 in St. Saviour, Southwark, 3.16 in St. Luke,
3.26 in Strand, and 3.66 in St. George, Southwark. The lowest
occurred, generally speaking, in areas where there is most fresh
air, namely Hampstead 0.85, and Stoke Newington 1.04 per
thousand. The total deaths from Phthisis in London during 1900
numbered 8,030. The Registrar-General has pointed out that
Clerkenwell and several other districts are examples of sanitary
areas, the Phthisis mortality of which is very imperfectly represented
by the deaths registered in the several areas. The Clerkenwell
mortality has however been "corrected" as far as possible.
There were 230 deaths certified during the year as due to Tuberculosis.
One quarter of these were due to what is now classified as
"Other Tubercular Diseases," and the other three quarters were
due to "Phthisis" or Tuberculosis of the Lungs. The "Other
Tubercular Diseases mainly consist of Tubercular Bowels and
Abdominal Glands (Tabes Mesenterica) or Tuberculosis of the Membranes
of the Brain (Tubercular Meningitis), both conditions chiefly
occurring in young children.