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Phthisis.
In Table J will be found particulars of deaths from phthisis
since the year 1904. There were 203 deaths due to this cause,
which is 2 more than the number recorded in the previous year.
TABLE J.-PHTHISIS.
Sub-
District
Bermondsey.
Rotherhitlie
St. Olave.
Whole
Borough
London.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
Year.
No.
Rate.
No.
1904
165
2·02
60
1·57
31
3·4 8
257
1·99
7526
1·62
6622
1905
148
1·81
55
1·44
20
2 . 32
223
1·73
1·42
18
2·l6
6775
1906
155
1·90
77
2·01
250
1·95
1·44
1·84
68
1·78
2·36
237
1·85
6654
1·4O
1907
150
19
1908
157
1·89
60
1·54
24
3·03
241
1·85
6419
1·32
6337
1909
147
1·80
56
1·46
17
2·27
220
1·73
1·31
148
1·82
1910
50
1.31
21
2·91
219
1·73
5555
1·14
1·48
18
2·08
211
1·68
6084
1·35
1911
141
1·72
52
138
1·68
57
1·64
17
1·98
212
1·69
6069
1·35
1912
1·61
5981
1913
125
1·53
64
1·86
12
1·42
201
1·30
Averages
for years
1904-1913
1·80
59
1·60
19
2·40
227
1·78
6402
1·36
147
1·63
6281
136
1·66
46
1·35
21
2·53
203
1·39
1914
The death-rate from phthisis is practically the same as it was
for 1913, there being only two more deaths from this disease than
last' year. The remarks made then will therefore apply.
This is part of the steady fall which is taking place
all over the country in this disease. There are two causes at work
to produce this —first the immunity which is being acquired owing
to the gradual elimination of unhealthy stocks, and second the
various sanitary measures which have been recently put in force.
How much is due to each it is impossible to say.
Alcoholism and Cirrhosis of the Liver.
19 deaths were attributed to this cause in 1914 against 26 in
1913. This number gives a very small idea of the deaths caused
by these diseases, since they are often the remote causes of death,
and are not always mentioned on the certificate for various reasons.