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regulations of 1908. Under the 1911 Hospitals Regulations, 280 cases were notified
between May and December.
All the 56 voluntary notifications received came from medical men in practice
who henceforth will notify under the 1911 regulations.
The following table shows the number of notifications received under each system
since 1906 when voluntary notification was first introduced in the Borough.

*Made compulsory in May, 1911.
Deaths from Phthisis.—The number of deaths certified from this disease was
172, giving a death rate of 1.4 per 1,000. This is the greatest number since 1908,
when there was a drop from 179 in 1907 to 154. In 1909 the total was 170, and in
1910, 133, the smallest number on record.
The figures for each year since 1900, are given below. The table also shows the
distribution of the deaths throughout the Borough. Some slight change in the extent
to which districts were involved will be noted. The fact that only in St. Mary has
there been a fall, the total there being in fact the lowest recorded may be mentioned.
The increase, both in All Souls and St. John is very marked. Christ Church
which still heads the list, has unfortunately not continued the promising diminution in
numbers noted in 1910.

The distribution of the 172 deaths was as follows :—In Poor Law institutions,
104 ; general and other hospitals, 13 ; at home, 55.