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One who died was engaged in the liquor traffic. The mother
of an infant who died at six months of general tuberculosis was
starving—even as to bread—during pregnancy.
79. Notifications. Voluntary notification of Phthisis has now
been in force in the Borough for six years. 150 cases were notified
last year, compared with 167, 145, and 176 in the three
preceding years. 28 of these were in the Poor Law Infirmary,
17 others were notified by the District Medical Officers of the
Poor Law Unions, 20 by the Medical Officers of the Royal Arsenal,
and the remainder by clergymen, philanthropic societies, applicants
for admission to the Peppard Sanatorium, and by private medical
practitioners. £9 13s. Od. was paid during the year for the
notification of phthisis.
Duration. Of the 150 cases notified during 1907, at least 32
have since died, and of 176 notified during 1906, at least 67 have
since died (February 15th, 1908).
80. The source of infection of the notified cases was probably
as follows
Family or personal, 34, viz.:—
Father 12, Mother 5, Brother 6,
Sister 1, Husband 2, Other members
of family 3, Friends, lodgers,
&c., 5 (including one patient
nursed).
Workshop and office 18.
Public House 20.
School 2.
Navy and Army 8.
Milk 1.
Undetermined 67.