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Out of 80 enquiries, the average number of occupants per
house, in which a phthisical case occurred was 5 8, as compared
with 51 for the town generally. As it is a well-known
fact that phthisical stock tend to be more prolific than the
average, it would be hardly fair to draw from this the conclusion
that overcrowding favours this disease.
The question of the relative influence of an hereditary
diathesis and contact with a previous case in the same house
was also inquired into. The figures are as follows:—
All Notifications.
Contacts with a known Home Contacts.
previous case.
With an Hereditary Without an With an Hereditary Without an
Diathesis. Hereditary Diathesis. Diathesis. Hereditary Diathesis.
14 9 13 26
The deaths classed in this way were as follows:—
3 2 1 3
These figures would seem to suggest that actual contact
(living in the same house with) strongly disposes towards infection.
The figures are much too small and other considerations
relative to the accuracy of the information vitiate any deduction
of this kind.
Hospital.
(In-patients' Department.)
No material alteration has occurred in the arrangements
since the report of last year, though progress has been made
to the extent of formulating a scheme which has been approved,
and is still waiting the sanction of the Local Government
Board.