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The number of deaths occuring in children was somewhat
alarming, being 12 under one year, 5 males and 7 females; of these
9 were under six months, three being due to premature birth; in
one case twins, and 2 to congenital heart defect.
The largest number of deaths of all causes were in October
15, January 14, and December 13. Transferable deaths, i e.
occuring outside the District in London Hospitals and other
places numbered 34. Three deaths occured from violence, and
two from suicide; four inquests were held. There was one death
from infantile diarrhcea. Details of the causes of death and ayes
at which death occured will be seen in the accompanying tables.
It is notable that 49 of the 125 who died lived to be 70 years
of age and upwards.
Tuberculosis
The report referring to Tubercular Disease is rather more
favourable than last year's. At the commencement of the year
there were under Dispensary, Domicilary, Institutional or Sanatorium
treatment, 36 sufferers—27 males and 9 females; at the
end of the year there were 21 only —17 males and 4 females. Of
the 36 cases mentioned, 8 at the end of the year were at work or
at school, having, apparently, fully recovered; of the affected
persons, in 7 the disease appeared to be at least stationary, and
they are being kept under observation.
The number of deaths occurring from pulmonary tuberculosis
was eleven—females 6, males 5; one death from tuberculous
meningitis in a girl aged 7 who died in a London Hospital, and
one from tuberculous disease of the bones of the neck in a girl
also died in a London Hospital, the whole totalling 13 deaths.
The number of Notification Certificates received of tubercle
in different parts of the body, but mostly in the lungs, was 24.