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59. There was a marked decrease last year of deaths from
tuberculosis other than pulmonary.
60. 125 of those who died from phthisis were males, and
76 females. The increase of deaths has been greater among
males than among females.
Notification Statistics. 489 cases were notified (excluding
second notifications), viz.:—Tubercle of lung, 420; tuberculous
meningitis, 11; tuberculosis of the intestines and
peritoneum, 3; other forms, 55.
The 420 cases of phthisis compare with 375, 689, 532, and
400 in the four preceding years. 28 of these were in the
Woolwich and Eltham Poor Law Infirmaries; 2 others were
notified by the District Medical Officers of the Poor Law
Union, 79 by the Medical Officers of the Royal Arsenal and
Army, 169 from hospitals and dispensaries, including 143
from the Woolwich Tuberculosis Dispensary, 8 from
School Medical Officers, and the remainder by private medical
practitioners.
£28 19s. 0d. was paid during the year for the notification of
tuberculosis.
Duration. Of the 489 cases notified during 1915, at least 114
have since died, and of 498 cases notified during 1914 at least
145 have since died (February, 1915).
61. The source of infection of the notified cases was
probably as follows:—
Family or Personal:—Father, 10 ; Mother, 12 ; brother,
7; sister, 9; husband, 5; members of family (not
defined), 40 83
Workshop and Office 9
Navy and Army 67
Undetermined 330
62. 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 source of notification:—