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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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The next Table shows the deaths and death-rates in males
and females from Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 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 1902-1911, and for the year 1912.
Among males the rate for Pulmonary Tuberculosis for the
year 1912 was 1.28, compared with 1.20 the decennial average ;
and among females '70 compared with .75 ; while from other Tuberculous
diseases the rate among males was .27 compared with "42 ;
and among females .14 compared with .32.
Among children under five years the rate for the year was
'07, compared with .22 the decennial average.
The rate for males and females for the year 1912 from Pulmonary
Tuberculosis was .96, compared with '96 the decennial
average. In six of the years during the decennium, viz.—in 1902,
1903, 1907, 1909, 1910, and 1911 this rate was lower, in one year,
1908, it was the same, while in 1904, 1905, and 1906, the rate was
higher.
The Chart shows the male and female as well as the total
death-rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis per 10,000 population
for the last 25 years.
As will be seen the rate among males has increased compared
with the three previous years, but among females there is a slight
decrease. The rate among males was lowest in 1911 and among
females in 1903.
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