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At the end of the Report, in Table 7c, will be found set out the number of
deaths under 5 years of age and 5 years upwards, from each of the Notifiable
Infectious Diseases in the respective Registration Sub-districts, and the entire
District of St. Pancras. In Table 8, in a similar manner, the deaths from the
non-notifiable "principal zymotic diseases" will be found set out. From these
two Tables the mortality of the respective diseases, and of each of the groups,
have been obtained, as shown in Tables Nos. 9a and 9b, and Tables Nos. 10a
and 10b, and as compared as follows:—
Phthisis.— This disease, the type of the tubercular group of diseases, was the
cause of 362 deaths compared to 376 deaths in 1907, 401 in 1906, and 353 in
the year previous to that. The incidence of this disease in the Sub-Districts
were as follows :—
Sub-Districts.
Number.
Per 1000
Population.
Per cent. of
Total deaths.
West 82 1.32 9.0
South 102 1.82 12.3
East 96 1.61 9.7
North 82 1.38 9.9
St. Pancras 362 1.53 10.2
London 6419 1.32 9.5