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Case 1. C. B., male, age 30. Discharged September, 1911. In work at end of 1912. (Left
the Borough in March, 1913).
Case 2. A. G., male, 33. Discharged February 19th, 1912, with walking capacity 9-10 miles,
and returned to work as a postman, living under good conditions. In hospital with pleurisy June
12th. Discharged from postal service for ill-health August. Took unsuitable work and became
worse. Sent by Insurance Committee to Holt Sanatorium, March, 1913.
Case 3. H. H., male, 49, house painter. Discharged July, 1911. At work for next 14 months.
Nine weeks Victoria Park Hospital as insured person, autumn, 1912. Returned to work April 14th,
1913.
Case 4. M. M., male, 34, builder's labourer. Discharged November, 1911, and subsequently
returned to work. Sustained injury to back whilst at work in October, 1912, and has since done
no work and received compensation. Except for this injury he appeared to be well and hearty
and fit for work at the end of the year 1912.
As regards the selection of the cases admitted to the Maitland Sanatorium at the Council's
expense in 1911, it may be noted that three patients after 12 months are still able to earn their
livelihood, if disabilities not due to tuberculosis may be disregarded, and that the disease has not
in any case ended fatally. On the other hand the patient A. G. only returned to regular work for
four months before he was permanently incapacitated by his disease. The difficulty of prognosis
is illustrated by the case of A. G., in which the damage to the lungs on admission was less than
in any of the other three cases.
Open-Air School.—In June, 1911, an open-air school for the reception of 120 scholars, drawn
from among the children attending the Dispensary, was opened at Kensal House in the Harrow
Road, in a district which is easily accessible from the northern parts of the Borough of Kensington.
Funds for maintenance are derived from voluntary contributions; the cost of teaching is paid for
by the London County Council. The report for 1911, which is the most recent report available,
mentions the admission of 84 children, but does not state how many of this number came from
Kensington.
Other Forms of Tuberculosis.—Other forms of tuberculosis not included under the head
cf phthisis caused 48 deaths, and of these 25, or more than half, occurred in children under the
age of five years. Reference to the Table at the beginning of the section on Tuberculosis will show
that the death-rate from these diseases has been reduced from 46 per 100,000 in the decennium
1901-1910, to 28 in the last two years 1911 and 1912. (Vide p. 21.)
CANCER
Cancer caused 228 deaths, and of this number 205 occurred in persons over the age of 45
years. Carcinoma was the form of cancer to which 144 deaths were attributed; sarcoma was the
assigned cause of 7 deaths; 77 deaths were certified as due to cancer or malignant disease without
further definition.

The numbers following the description of the parts affected refer to the classifical ion of causes
of death adopted by the Registrar General for use in England and Wales.