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TUBERCULAR DISEASE.
Phthisis was responsible for 252 deaths; other forms
of tubercular disease caused 110. The deaths from
diseases of this class form 15 per cent. of the total
mortality from all causes and are equal to a death rate
of 2.8 per thousand on the estimated population of the
Borough. The tubercular diseases of children caused
84 deaths, a mortality upon the estimated population
of young children of 4.7 per thousand.
The death rate from Phthisis alone is equal to 1.9
per thousand population at all ages in Bethnal Green,
whilst that for the whole of London is 1.4.
DISEASES OF PARTURITION.
Two women died from Puerperal fever, and 10 others
from diseases and accidents incidental to child-birth.
These were:—
Hoemorrhage 5
Miscarriage and Peritonitis 3
Puerperal Mania 1
Obstruction from uterine fibroid 1
Six cases of Puerperal Fever were reported, in each
case a midwife was in attendance; one midwife had
two cases at the same time.
MIDWIVES ACT, 1902.
This Act is administered in London by the County
Council as Local Supervising Authority, but certain
important duties under the Act devolve upon the
Public Health Committee as Local Sanitary Authority.
Puerperal Fever is a notifiable disease and as such is