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28 cases were notified from the North East Ward
19 „ „ North West Ward
11 „ „ South East Ward
46 „ ,, South West Ward
TUBERCULAR DISEASES.
There were 49 deaths from Phthisis or Consumption, and
18 deaths from other Tubercular Diseases.
The mean annual death-rate from pulmonary tuberculosis
in England and Wales has, with occasional slight rises, steadily
declined since 1851.
The decline has occurred at every age-period and in both
sexes, but the rate of decrease has varied widely, and has been
much greater in the female than in the male sex. At the
present time the incidence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis or Con"
sumption is appreciably heavier on males than females. From
1851 to 1863 the greatest incidence of the disease was on
females. From 1864 to 1868 the rates for the two sexes were
parallel, but from 1868 the incidence became substantially
less upon females than upon males.
Between the ages of five and 25 years females are more
liable to die from the disease than males, but at the other
age periods the liability is considerately less in females. Of
the 49 deaths from Phthisis in Acton in 1909, 29 were of
males and 20 of females. Under the age of 15 years the
deaths were evenly distributed between the two sexes, four
occurring in each sex. But of the 41 deaths in persons over 15
years of age. 25 were in males and 16 in females. Nor was
last year unique in this respect. The following table gives
the number of deaths from Phthisis in Males and Females
since 1905: