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36 tuberculosis.
TUBERCULOSIS.
The deaths from all forms of tuberculosis numbered 163 in 1912 (94 of males and 69 of
females), as contrasted with 212 in 1911 (122 of males and 90 of females). During the five years
1907-11 the deaths from these causes averaged 199 per annum, and during the preceding quinquennium
(1902-06), 234 In the quinquennium 1891-95 the annual average was 270. The
decrease in the number of deaths (equal to 39. per cent. of the average for 1891-95) is noteworthy,
but a complete examination of the numbers of deaths from causes other than
tuberculosis requires to be made before any definite opinions can be expressed. The smaller
numbers returned under " tuberculosis " may be due simply to transference to other causes.
Deaths from tuberculosis during the past ten years have shown a curious tendency tobiennial
increases and decreases, as is shown by the following figures:—
Deaths from Tuberculosis. All forms.
1902 213 1907 219 ( + 3)
1903 231 (-MS) 1908 190 (-29)
1904 218 (-13) 1909 204 (+14)
1905 292 ( + 74) 1910 170 (-34)
1906 216 (- 76) 1911 212 (+42)
The sex-age distribution of the deaths recorded last year is given below, together with a
comparison of the totals (persons) from each form and at each age. The forms of the disease
which caused more deaths in 1912 than in 1911 were: acute miliary, 10 deaths (males 4, females 6),.
compared with 5 in 1911 (males 3, females 2); meningeal, 17 deaths (males 8, females 9), as
against 15 (males 10, females 5); and tabes mesenterica, 5 deaths (males 3, females 2), compared
with 3 in 1911 (males 1, females 2). The ages at which more deaths were recorded were:
5-10, 8 deaths (males 2, females 6), as compared with 6 in 1911 (3 of each sex); 30-35,
27 deaths (males 16, females 11), against 20 in 1911 (males 13, females 7); and 60-65, 9 deaths
(males 7, females 2), or 3 more than in 1911 (3 of each sex).

* Including 1 death (m., set. 60) from Senile Tuberculosis.