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10—That the following question be submitted for the consideration of the
next Congress on tuberculosis: The constitutional conditions of the
individual which predispose to tuberculosis, and the means by which
they may be modified.
11—That while recognising the great importance of sanatoria in combating
tuberculosis in all countries, the attention of Government should be
directed to informing charitable and philanthropic individuals and
societies of the necessity for anti-tubercular dispensaries as the best
means of checking tubercular disease among the industrial and indigent
classes.
Owing to the attitude of Prof. Koch of Berlin, who read a paper
to the Congress in which he doubted that bovine and human tuberculosis
were the same disease, and that animals and man can be
reciprocally infected by it, uncertainty has been caused in the mind
of the public as to whether the measures hitherto taken to guard the
public from the transmission of tuberculosis through meat and milk
are necessary. In order to set this at rest his Majesty's Government
have appointed a Commission to report on this subject. It is to be
hoped their report will soon be made and be final.
Cancer.—Cancer was the cause of 182 deaths during the year,
which is equivalent to a mortality of .82 per 1,000 living.
Class III.
Developmental.—The deaths in this class numbered 345, of
which 124 were attributed to premature birth.
Class IV.
Local Diseases.—Local diseases are responsible for 1,540 deaths
during the year. This is equivalent to a death-rate of 7.0 per 1,000
living.