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In addition to the notifications summarized on Form T. 137, 1936, on page 64,
notifications are received respecting patients admitted to, and discharged from
Institutions, the majority of which are now under the control of the London County
Council (see p. 70).
Deaths.
The total deaths from tuberculosis of all types during the year numbered 61,
of which 35 were males and 26 females. In the previous year the total number was
76, of which 51 were males and 25 females. Of the total deaths from tuberculosis,
the pulmonary form of the disease accounted for 50, or 82.0 per cent., and the non.
pulmonary form for 11, or 18.0 per cent. The death rate from pulmonary tuberculosis
was 0.58 and from non-pulmonary 0.13, making a total death rate from all
forms of the disease of 0.71. The corresponding figures for 1935 were, pulmonary
0.72, non-pulmonary 0.14, a total of 0.86. The average death rates for the five years
1931-1935 in respect of pulmonary tuberculosis, non-pulmonary tuberculosis and all
forms of tuberculosis, respectively, were 0.89, 0.11 and 1.00. The figures for 1936,
therefore, represent a decrease of 0.331 in the pulmonary and an increase of 0.02
in the non-pulmonary rate, making a decrease for all forms of the disease of 0.29
compared with average of those years.