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TABLE IV.
The following Table shows the Annual, Quarterly, and Comparative
Mortality from the Tubercular Class of Diseases:—
Tubercular Diseases.
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
Septem.
October,
Novem.
Decem.
January,
February,
March.
Year.
Comparative Mortality.
To the total
Population
Per 1,000 of
the Popu.
Scrofula, Tuberculosis,
Tabes Mesenterica and
Marasmus
20
26
19
17
82
1 in 1257
0.795
Hœmoptisis
55
54
50
47
206
1 in 500
1.998
Consumption and
Tubercular Pneumonia
Hydrocephalus, and
Scrofulous Meningitis
27
12
9
22
70
1 in 1472
0.679
Totals
102
92
78
86
358
1 in 288
3.472
This class of diseases does not appear to be regarded
by sanitary authority with the consideration it deserves.
In this Parish every year, the cases exceed in number
those of the zymotic class, vide Table V. The 358
deaths, or 18 per cent. of the whole, is a formidable
proportion. The 206 deaths from consumption, at
ages between 20 and 60, (most of them between 30
and 50), or one in every 500 persons of the population,
shows that there exists some general cause, silently
working great mischief, and undermining the constitution
of parents at a period of life in health and
strength when they can least be spared from their
families.
The result of inquiry into poor law practice shows
that consumption brings many widows and children
upon the rates. This is not however the worst evil, for
we know that the qualities of the parents descend upon
the children "unto the third and fourth generation."
The tendency may remain dormant under favourable
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