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114 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Among children under five years the rate for the year was
12 compared with .18 the decennial average.
The rate for males and females for the year 1914 from Pulmonary
Tuberculosis was .93 compared with .96 the decennial
average. In two of the years during the decennium, viz.—in 1910
and 1911, this rate was lower while in all the other years 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 27 years.
As will be seen all the rates have increased compared with
the previous year. The rate among males was lowest in 1911 and
among females in 1903.