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[1917
TUBERCULOSIS.
The group of diseases which are known as Tuberculosis together caused
596 deaths and were 32 above the average of the last decennium, and were
also 83 above the number registered in 1916. The death-rate resulting from
them was equal to 2 01 per 1,000 of the civil population, and represented 12-9
per cent, of the deaths from all causes during the year.
Pulmonary Phthisis.—This disease, which is the principal one of the
group, and caused 485 deaths, as contrasted with the decennial average of 432,
while the death-rate was 1.53 per 1,000 of the civil population, as against the
decennial rate of 1.33 per 1,000, which figures are an increase of 53 on the
number of deaths and 0.30 on the mean death-rate. In 1913 the death-rate
from Phthisis was T26 per 1,000 of the population.
It then rose to 1.42 in
1914, increased to 1.57 in 1915, fell to 1.48 in 1916, and in 1917 rose to l-63,
which is the highest rate recorded during 10 years.
Years
Pulmonary
Deaths
Phthisis.
Death rates
per 1,000
inhabitants.
Proportion of
Deaths from Phthisis
per 100 Deaths
from All Causes.
Death rates
from All Causes
per 1,000
inhabitants.
1907
436
1.32
8.58
15.4
1908
432
1.29
9.23
13.9
1909
424
1.29
8.62
14.9
1910
390
1.19
8.62
13.8
1911
379
1.16
7.88
14.9
1912
427
1.31
9.12
14.3
1913
420
1.26
8.35
I5.1
1914
46I
1.42
9.33
15.2
1915
496
1.57
8.98
17.4
1916
458
1.48
9.64
15.3
Average 10 years
432
1.33
8.83
15.0
1917
485
1.63
10.54
15 5
The following return gives the deaths at each age period:—
Age periods. Deaths.
o- 5 18
5-15 14
15-25 79
25-35 109
35-45 102
45-55 108
Age periods. Deaths.
55-65 34
65-75 21
75 upwards —
Total 485