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(2) Voluntary Notifiable Diseases.
Tubercular Disease.—Deaths from tuberculosis have teen decreasing
in numbers since 1901. The figures for the last four years are set forth
below:—

These rates are calculated per 100,000 inhabitants.
For purposes of comparison with the whole of London, differences
in the number of males and females, and their relative ages, have to be taken into account.

The Wards which show a diminution in the number of deaths are
Victoria, Sc. Anne, Regent, and Strand, while there is a rise in
Grosvenor, Great Marlborough, the Hamlet of Knightsbridge, Knightsbridge
St. George, and Covent Garden; there is no change in Conduit,
St. Margaret, St. John, Pall Mall and Charing Cross.
I have added the figures to the tables published in my last report,
showing the ages and occupations of persons who have died, and also its
incidence on males and females at various ages. The death-rate for males
from tubercular disease was 249 in 1904 per 100,000 male inhabitants,
the average of the previous three years being 291. For females, the
1904 rate was 143, the average being 153, so that apparently the rate
among males is improving more rapidly than among females.
Notification.—One hundred and forty-eight cases were notified
during 1904, at a cost of £5 17s. 6d..; in 1903, 123 cases were notified
This is a very small proportion of the actual number of cases, and in
view of the valuable results which have accrued, it is a matter for