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causes, and are equal to a death rate of 3.08 per thousand
estimated population.
The tubercular diseases of children caused 106 deaths, a
mortality upon the estimated population of young children of 5.9
per thousand.
PHTHISIS.
Deaths 266.
The death-rate from phthisis alone is equal to 2.0 per thousand
in Bethnal Green, whilst that for the whole of London is 1•6.
In previous reports I have referred to the urgent necessity for
the provision of sanatoria for the treatment of cases of phthisis.
Now, persons suffering from this disease may be roughly divided
into two classes—the curable and the hopelessly incurable.
In the earlier stages of the disease tubercular phthisis is quite
amenable to treatment—if this be carried on under proper conditions—and
many valuable lives can be saved. The Asylums
Board has been approached with a view to induce them to
convert the Gore Farm Hospital into a sanatorium for the
treatment of phthisis. The matter has been warmly taken up by
Dr. Dudfield, the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington, and
he is strongly in favour of the proposal and carries his Council
with him. I cannot do better than print his communication
in full:
Public Health Department,
Town Hall, Kensington, W.
October, 1903.
Dear Sir,
Sanatoria for Persons suffering from Consumption.
In the early part of 1902 many of the Metropolitan Sanitary and Poor Law
Authorities signified their desire that the Asylums Board should provide
hospital accommodation for the isolation and treatment of persons suffering
from consumption.