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It will be seen from the foregoing table (comparing the corrected death-rates) that among the
several sanitary areas in the quinquennium 1903-7, Holborn (2.43) had the highest phthisis death-rate
and Hampstead (0.74) the lowest; in the year 1908 Finsbury (2'17) had the highest death-rate, the
lowest again obtaining in Hampstead (0.77). The death-rates from phthisis in each of the four
quarters of the year 1908, were as follows : first quarter, 1.56 ; second quarter, 1.24 ; third quarter,
1.11; and fourth quarter, 1.35, per 1,000 persons living.
The following table enables comparison to be made between the phthisis death-rates in the
several sanitary areas for each of the years 1901-1908, inclusive. These death-rates are corrected
for differences in the age and sex constitution of the various populations, and it will be seen that while
there is a general tendency to decline in the death-rates, there is a considerable difference in the amount
of decline in the rates of the different districts. To facilitate comparison the districts are arranged
in the ascending order of their death-rates in the first year shown in the table, viz., 1901.

If the London rates of the periods 1901.4 and 1905.8 be compared, it is found that the rate has
declined 13.2 per cent.
The following table shows the number of deaths from phthisis at several age-periods in each of
the sanitary areas.

1 See footnote (1 )Page 8.