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averages of deaths from tuberculosis (all forms), were
respectively 675.0, 690.0, 647.4 and 567.4, whilst, during
the same quinquennia, the yearly averages of deaths from
phthisis, or pulmonary tuberculosis, alone were respectively,
478.8, 496.8, 462.8 and 421.6. Sub-dividing the total
tuberculosis (all forms) deaths during 1912 amongst the
different Registration Sub-Districts it is found that the
numbers of deaths vary as follow:—
Registration
Sub-Districts.
Deaths from
Phthisis.
Tabes. Mes.
and
Tub. Men.
Other forms
Tuberculosis.
Total Deaths
Tuberculosis,
(all forms).
Lambeth Church 84 8 19 111
Kennington 100 12 13 125
Stockwell 74 9 13 96
Brixton 81 6 10 97
Norwood 37 5 4 46
No Address 5 — — 5
Borough of Lambeth 381 40 59 480
601 samples of sputum were examined at the Bacteriological
Laboratory during 1912, and of these 296 (i.e., 49.2
per cent.) showed the presence of the tubercle bacillus.
The distribution of consumption or pulmonary phthisis,
or pulmonary tuberculosis, as a disease, can be gauged
from the official notifications that have been received, viz.: