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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Of the total number of males who died, viz. : 157, the occupation
of 144 is given, five were children, and eight werfc stated to have
had no occupation. As was the case in previous years, clerks and
labourers head the list, the numbers being respectively 19 and 19.
Among females, of 123 deaths only 23 were engaged in some
occupation, nine being domestic servants, five were dressmakers,
two clerks, and two teachers. 17 of the 123 females had been
widows, wives or daughters of artisans, 24 of the labouring classes,
38 of clei ks, tradesmen, four were children, and 17 had no .occupation.
The next Table shows the deaths and death rates in males
and females from Tuberculous disease of the Lungs, and for other
Tuberculous diseases, as well as the deaths and death-rates among
children under five years from other Tuberculous diseases, for the
10 years 1901-1910, and for the year 1911. This Table has been
fully corrected by the Census of 1911.
Among males the rate for Tuberculous disease of the Lungs
for the year 1911 was '98 compared with 1*23 the decennial
average ; and among females 72 compared with 77, while from
other Tuberculous diseases the rate among males was 41 compared
with '43 ; and among females .30 compared with .33.
Among children under five years the rate for the year was
.17, compared with .24, the decennial average.
The rate for males and females for the year 1911 from Tuberculous
disease of the Lungs was .91, compared with .98 the decennial
average. In two of the years during the decennium, viz. : in
1910 and 1902 this rate was lower, while in the other years of the
decennium it was higher.