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Deaths from Phthisis.—Some reference has already been made to the matter
of deaths from tuberculosis and at this point it is proposed only to deal with the
figures relating to tuberculosis of the lungs (consumption or phthisis).
During 1919, the total number certified as due to this cause was 104, the deathrate
being 1.6 per 1000.
That this is the lowest figure for a number of years is shown in the table given
below. In the reduction all the districts shared, the fall being greatest in the case of
All Souls and least in that of Christ Church, which as usual heads the list.

The distribution of the 104 deaths was as follows:—In Poor Law Institutions,
48; general and other hospitals, 19; at home, 38.
Of those who died 52 were insured (35 males and 17 females), and 52 uninsured
(25 males and 27 females).
As it may be useful for statistical purposes it may be mentioned that while the
deaths numbered 104 the notified cases of pulmonary tuberculosis totalled 224.
Tables similar to those printed below and showing the age distribution of the
deaths and the occupation of the patients have appeared in previous reports. No
comment with regard to them is necessary since no fact to which attention has not
already been directed is brought out.