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Of the 277 deaths certified to be due to Phthisis and all other forms of
Tuberculosis:—
Number dying unnotified 23
Poor Law 5
Other institutions 9
General practitioners 9
Number notified at death 32
Poor Law 21
Other institutions 6
General practitioners 5
Number notified within one month of death 35
Number notified within three months of death 26
Number notified within six months of death 19
Incidence in various trades:—
Of the 537 new cases of Tuberculosis notified during the year:—
78 are of no occupation, 70 are engaged in tailoring, 63 are housewives,
35 are labourers, 12 are engaged in dressmaking, 8 are seamen,
8 are clerks, 8 are dock labourers, 9 are carmen, 9 are warehousemen
6 are dealers, 4 are engaged in charing, 5 are employed in factories
5 are engaged in boot-making, 5 deal in newspapers, 4 are porters,
3 are electrical engineers, 3 are hawkers, 3 are furriers, 3 are hairdressers,
3 are cabinet makers, and the remainder are engaged in miscellaneous
occupations.
31 are children under 5 years, and 83 are between 5 and 15 years
of age.
Mortality from various trades:—
Of the 277 deaths from tuberculosis that occurred during the year:—
25 were housewives, 18 were dock labourers, 11 were clerks, 36 were
engaged in tailoring, 5 were carmen, 75 were of no occupation, 5 were
seamen, 5 were engaged in bootmaking, 4 were hawkers, 4 were engaged
in millinery, 3 were cigarette makers, 3 were stevedores, 3 were cabinet
makers, 3 were waiters, and the remainder were engaged in miscellaneous
occupations.