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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 five years are set forth
below:—
The City of Westminster.
Year.
Pulmonary.
Abdominal.
Meningeal.
Other.
Total.
Deaths.
Rates.
Deaths.
Rates.
Deaths.
Rates.
Deaths.
Rates.
Deaths.
Rates.
1901
341
187
16
10
31
16
25
12
413
226
1902
328
178
18
9
32
17
35
17
413
224
1903
309
172
9
5
23
13
19
10
360
200
1904
271
153
12
6
26
14
32
18
341
192
1905
259
147
12
6
31
17
31
17
333
189
1906
237
136
13
7
36
20
25
14
311
178
1907
232
134
11
6
26
15
20
11
289
167
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. This may be effected by multiplying the rates by
a factor (0'89205).
The figures are then:-
Year.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Total Tubercular Rates.
County.
City.
County.
City.
1901
165
167
229
202
1902
161
159
223
199
1903
155
154
213
178
1904
163
136
217
171
1905
140
131
191
168
1906
144
121
196
158
1907
140
119
148
The average death-rate per 100,000 inhabitants for London during
the five years 1902-06 was 153, for Westminster 154; the 1906 rates
show a decline to 140 and 134 respectively.
The phthisis rates would be considerably reduced if there were no
common lodging houses in the city; 31 deaths occurred among inmates
of such houses, 18 being in St. John's Ward.
Subjoined is a list of the occupations of persons who have died from
tubercular disease.
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