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From other forms of Tuberculosis there were 16 deaths, a
decrease of 3 compared with the previous year. The total deaths
from all forms of Tuberculosis were, therefore, 69 in 1908, exactly
the same number as in 1907. There is, therefore, a slight increase
this year over 1906, but the number is a little lower than in 1905
and 1904, both for Phthisis and other forms of Tuberculosis.
There were no deaths from Phthisis in persons below the age
of 15 years. On the other hand, 12 out of a total of 16 deaths
from other forms of Tuberculosis were of persons below the age of
15 years.
Phthisis is still the principle cause of death in the middle
years of life.
Comparing the mortality from Tuberculosis with that of the
so-called seven principal zymotic diseases, the figures are as follows:

Year by year it is seen that Phthisis alone is responsible for
far more deaths than the notifiable infectious diseases, and even
when the chief non-notifiable infectious diseases, Measles, Whooping
Cough and Epidemic Diarrhœa are added, Phthisis is still a
more frequent cause of death.
We must also take into consideration that every death
recorded from Phthisis means that the victim has suffered an