24 TUBERCULOUS DISEASES.
Last year 210 persons were made known to the Department as consumptive patients,
tuberculosis being subsequently diagnosed in 173, 26 of the patients being suspected to have
" consumption," one other was found to have the disease in a form other than the pulmonary,
and 146 were pronounced to be " consumptive." The ages of t!ie last (85 of whom were
males, and 61 females) are given below. It will be observed that nearly ten per cent, of the
patients (10 out of 173) were under 5, and over 12 per cent, under 15 years of age.
Table: Ages of Patients (" Consumptives ") reported during 1908.
Ages of Patients (" Consumptives ") reported during 1908.
Ages.
5-
10-
15-
SO-
25-
35-
45-
55-65
Totals.
Males ...
8
3
5
10
18
26
8
7
85
Females
2
8
4
7
13
10
2
5
61
Table: The occupations of the patients are given below. The table cannot be fairly compared with the corresponding table given previously for persons dying of the disease. In future reports the occupations of the latter will be omitted, and more attention be given to those of patients known during life.
The occupations of the patients are given below. The table cannot be fairly compared with the corresponding table given previously for persons dying of the disease. In future reports the occupations of the latter will be omitted, and more attention be given to those of patients known during life.
The 146 consumptive patients belonged to 141 families, records of whose home surroundings
were recorded in all cases save 2. An analysis of the housing, as regards tenements of less
than 5 rooms (132), is given on the next page.
