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Eltham has persistently had the lowest phthisis death
rate of the four registration divisions, the rate being usually
only one half that of the Borough.
57. The decrease of deaths from tuberculous meningitis was
maintained, but there was an increase of deaths from abdominal
tuberculosis.
58. Notification Statistics. 660 casep were notified
(excluding: second notifications), viz., Tubercle of Lung 563,
Tuberculous Meningitis 6, Tuberculosis of the Intestines and
Peritoneum 14, other foms 77.
The 563 notified oases of phthisis compare with 400,
420, 392 and 448 in the four preceding years. 20 were notified
by the Medical Officers of the Poor Law Union, 30 by the Medical
Officers of the Royal Arsenal, Army and Navy, 311 from Hospitals
and Dispensaries, (including 295 from the Woolwich Tuberculosis
Dispensary) 39 by the National Service Medical Board, and the
remainder by private practitioners.
£15. 0.6 was paid during the year for the notification
of tubercu11osis .
59. Duration. Of the 660 cases notified during 1918 at
least 70 have since died, and of 543 cases notified during 1°17
at least 116 have since died (January 1918).