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Deaths from acute and miliary tuberculosis are now
classified with phthisis and pulmonary tuberculosis.
70. The chart on the opposite page shows the decline of
phthisis in Woolwich, compared with Greenwich, Lewisham,
London and England. Woolwich, which started the highest
in 1891, has now a lower death-rate than Greenwich and
London.
71. 88 of those who died from phthisis were males, and
36 females. The diminution of deaths has been greater
among females than among males.
72. Notifications. Voluntary notification of phthisis has
now been in force in the Borough for nine years. In 1909
notification of cases attended by Poor Law Medical Officers
was made compulsory by an Order of the Local Government
Board, made under Section 130, Public Health Act, 1875.
This Section authorises the Local Government Board to make
such regulations as they may see fit with the view to the
treatment of persons affected with cholera or any other
epidemic, endemic, or infectious disease, and preventing the
spread of such diseases. The penalty for neglecting or
refusing to obey any regulation made under this Section
is £50.
Under the same Section, the Board, in the spring of the
year, made it compulsory on the Medical Officers of all
Public Hospitals and Public Dispensaries to notify cases of
pulmonary tuberculosis attending such institutions, and in
November, by further regulations, made the notification of
this disease compulsory on all medical practitioners. The
regulations also authorise local authorities to supply all
such medical or other assistance, and all such facilities and
articles, as may reasonably be required for the detection of