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Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Number of cases notified, 1912 436
Number of deaths 148
Death-rate per 1,000 (Deptford) 1.35
Of the cases notified 119 were under the care of some
Hospital or Institution.
Phthisis was the cause of 148 deaths during 1912, comcompared
with 144 deaths in 1911.
The death-rate was 1.35 per 1,000 persons, compared with
1.31, 1.26 and 1.40 for the three preceding years.
In the following table will be seen the number of cases
notified, the number of deaths and the death-rate in each
Ward:-
Wards.
Fresh
Patients
notified
during
the Year.
Deaths
Death-rate
per 1.000.
Estimated
Population
to middle of
year.
East
153
54
2.6
21,162
North
89
37
1.6
23,842
North-west
77
20
0.9
23,454
South
25
4
0.3
12,130
South-east
64
22
1.8
12,307
South-west
28
11
0.7
16,482
Whole borough
436
148
1.35
109,377