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Tuberculosis of Lungs (Consumption) is, as usual,
credited with the major portion of these deaths, there
being 108 attributed to this cause, or a rate of 0.96 per
1,000, comparing with 1.14 per 1,000, the phthisis death
rate for the whole of London. Amongst the Metropolitan
Boroughs this death rate ranged from 0.55 in Lewisham,
0.59 in Hampstead, 0.77 in Kensington, 0.84 in Paddington,
0.86 in Wandsworth, up to 1.70 in Finsbury
and the City of London, 1.74 in Southwark, 1.76 in
Bermondsey, and 1.98 in Holborn.
Locally, the deaths were nil in Kidbrooke, 10 in St.
Nicholas, giving a death rate of 0.91; 19 in Charlton,
giving a death rate of 1.17; 25 in West Greenwich,
giving a death rate of 0.91; and 54 in East Greenwich,
giving a death rate of 1.05 per 1,000.
The remaining forms of Tuberculosis were responsible
for 28 deaths, 11 being in East Greenwich, 5 in West
Greenwich, 2 in St. Nicholas, 9 in Charlton, and 1 in
Kidbrooke.
Of these other forms of Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis of
the Brain or its Membranes was credited with 13, 9 being
under five years of age; Tubercle affecting the Intestines,
7 deaths (3 being under five years of age); General
Tuberculosis, 3 deaths (0 under and 3 over five); and
other forms 5.
The voluntary notification of cases of Consumption continues
in force in the Borough, and is, as the figures
show, still appreciated by medical men in the district;
177 such notifications have been received and dealt with
during the year, the numbers in preceding years having
been 199, 107, 107, 112, 109. Seventy-six of these
notifications were in East Greenwich, 29 in West Greenwich.
60 in St. Nicholas, and 12 in Charlton.