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£33 7s. 9d. was paid during the year for the notification
of tuberculosis.
Duration. Of the 675 eases notified during 1913, at least
96 have since died, and of 689 cases notified during 1912,
at least 110 have since died (February, 1914).
73. The source of infection of the notified cases was
probably as follows:—
Family or Personal—Father, 49; mother, 61;
brother, 39; sister, 27; husband, 14; wife,
3; other members of family, 23; friends,
lodgers, etc., 4 220
Workshop and Office 22
Public House 11
Navy and Army 2
Milk 4
School 2
Undetermined 414
74. Age and Sex Distribution. The following table, required
by the Local Government Board, gives the age and
sex distribution of pulmonary and non-pulmonary cases, and
shows also the sources of notification:—