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New Registration
Sub-Districts.
Deaths from
Phthisis.
Tabes. Mes.
and
Tub. Men.
Other form
Tuberculosis.
Total Deaths
Tuberculosis.
Rate per 1000
living.
Waterloo 56 8 13 77 2.9
Lambeth Church 59 6 10 75 2.8
Kennington 101 20 20 141 2.6
Stockwell 73 16 21 110 1.1
Brixton 104 16 15 135 1.8
Norwood 48 6 | 9 63 0.7
Borough of
Lambeth 441 72 88 601 1.7
Inner Districts—2.6 per 1000 living.
Outer Districts—1.3 per 1000 living.
In addition to the usual precautionary measures taken in
connection with registered deaths from tuberculosis (disinfection,
distribution of leaflets, &c.), the* voluntary notification
of consumption (with tuberculous expectoration) has also
been in vogue during 1908 (having been commenced by the
Borough Council on June 1st, 1902)—373 cases having been
notified in 1908 as compared with 322 in 1907, 332 in 1906,
293 in 1905, 306 in 1904, 339 in 1903, and 315 during the
seven months from June 1st to December 31st, 1902, i.e., an
average of 318 for the 5 years 1903-7. In each notified case,
disinfection has been carried out as required, and leaflets
have been distributed, and in that way there is every reason
to believe that much good is accruing in preventing not only
the spread of the disease but also its development in susceptible
persons. Meanwhile, it may be noted that the tubercu-
*The Brompton Consumption Hospital Authorities notify voluntarily all
cases of pulmonary tuberculosis at the Hospital, with the consent of the
patients.
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