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Incidence in various trades:—
Of the 557 new cases of Tuberculosis notified during the year:—
63 are of no occupation, 68 are engaged in tailoring, 62 are housewives,
28 are labourers, 10 are engaged is dressmaking, 14 are seamen,
11 are clerks, .11 are dock labourers, 6 are carmen, 3 are warehousemen,
5 are employed in factories, 4 are engaged in boot-making, 5 are hawkers,
5 are furriers, 7 hairdressers, 7 shop assistants, 5 stevedores, 4 travellers,
5 waiters, 3 typists, 4 cap-makers, and the remainder are engaged in
miscellaneous occupations.
32 are children under 5 years, and 63 are between 5 and 15 years
of age.
Mortality from various trades:—
Of the 266 deaths from tuberculosis that occurred during the year:—
13 were housewives, 14 were dock labourers, 30 were engaged in
tailoring, 7 were carmen, 74 were of no occupation, 2 were engaged in
bootmaking, 7 were hawkers, 2 were engaged in millinery, 3 were stevedores,
3 were cabinet makers, 1 was a waiter, 2.1 were labourers, 3 were
hairdressers, 3 were typists, and the remainder were engaged in miscellaneous
occupations.