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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Of the total number of males who died, viz.: 151, the occupation
of 137 is given, six were children, and eight were stated to
have no occupation.
As was the case in 1909, clerks, labourers and shop salesmen
head the list, the numbers being respectively 28, 18, and 10.
Among females, of 113 deaths, 17 only were engaged in some
occupation, three being domestic servants, two were dressmakers,
two charwomen, and two nurses. Although there are a large
number of unmarried women engaged in laundries in the Borough
no death from Phthisis occurred among these during the year,
only one in 1909, and none in 1908. 16 of the 113 females had
been widows, wives or daughters of artisans, 28 of the labouring
class, 24 of travellers or clerks, four were children, and 21 had no
occupation.
The next Table shows the deaths and death rates in males
and females from Tubercular disease of the Lungs, and for other
Tubercular diseases, as well as the deaths and death-rates among
•children under five years from other Tubercular diseases, for the
10 years 1900-1909, and for the year 1910.
Among males the rate for Tubercular disease of the Lungs
for the year 1910 was .98, compared with 1.16 the decennial
average; and among females 59, compared with .74; while from