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Opportunities of Infection.— There were definite opportunities for
infection to have been conveyed by proximity to consumptive persons
other than relatives. Among males, 3 with fellow workers; among
females, 3 had lived with consumptive fellow servants, 4 had worked
with consumptive persons, 1 had nursed a friend while ill, and 1 was
engaged to a man suffering from the complaint.
In view of the number of tailors who are consumptive, and of many
tailors having their workshop as part of their dwelling, there is a
possibility that infection is spread not only to fellow workers but also
to the children of the employer.
In 2 cases among the males, and 7 among the females, there was a
previous history of tuberculous affections of other parts of the body, viz.,
spine 3, glands 4, abdomen 2.
Alcohol was a predisposing cause in 5 males and 6 females. Other
ontributory causes were delicacy from childhood 8, chorea and heart
flections 4, influenza 6, kidney disease 1 privation 7, diabetes 2.
Nationality.—The majority of the persons affected were English but
there were also the following:—