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The fall in the incidence of the disease is chiefly noted in the northern part of the borough
where the number of cases has fallen by 50 per cent. during the ten years as compared with
18 per cent. in South Kensington. This is all the more pleasing as North Kensington is the area
where the majority of the population is of the working classes and where the factors stated to be
conducive to the incidence and spread of the disease are more prevalent.
It is noteworthy that during the past decade a fall of 73 per cent. is noted in deaths from nonpulmonary
forms as compared with a fall of 39 per cent. in pulmonary forms.
The incidence of the non-pulmonary forms is chiefly in the younger sections of the population
and much credit for this decrease must be given to the valuable work of the maternity and child
welfare and school medical officers in the borough.
Not only was the number of notifications in 1935 the lowest on record, but also the number of
deaths was lower than in any previous year in the history of the borough.