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TUBERCULAR DISEASE.
There were 43 deaths from Phthisis or Consumption, and nine
from other Tubercular Diseases.
33 of the deaths from Tuberculous Diseases were registered
in the district, and the remaining deaths occurred in Public
Institutions outside the district.
Of the deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis 24 were of
males and 19 of females. In last year's report it was stated
that the decline in mortality from Consumption had 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 Consumption is appreciably heavier in males than
females. Between the ages of 5 and 25 years females are more
liable to die from the disease than males, but at the other age
periods the liability is considerably less in females.

There are more females than males living in the district.
At the Census of 1901 there 1,170 females for every 1,000 males
living in the district, but the number of deaths from Consumption
is actually lower in females than in males.