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Twenty-five per cent. declined disinfection after death
of a patient.
In order to show the economic importance to the community,
herewith are shown particulars of married men and
women who have been notified as suffering from consumption
with their average age and the number of children, who, in
the case of the death of the father will be left without a bread
winner, and in the case of the death of the mother, often
more or less neglected, and at the best lacking the care and
control so necessary at the earlier years.
Married men with dependents, 18. Average age, 38.5
years.
Average number of dependents under 14—1.2
Average number of dependents over 14—l.l
Actual number of dependents under 14—22
Actual number of dependents over 14—20
Married men with no dependents, 6. Average age, 51
years.
Married women with dependents, 13. Average age, 38.8
years.
Average number of dependents under 14—2.2
Average number of dependents over 14— .3
Actual number of dependents under 14—29
Actual number of dependents over 14— 4
Married women with no dependents, 3. Average age, 53
years.
Total number of dependents:—
Under 14 years—51.
Over 14 years—24.
Single men—24. Average age, 26 years.
Single women—22. Average age, 27 years.
Under 16 years—15. Average age, 8 years.
From this it will be seen that the average age of the
married men works out at 38.5 years, i.e., men in the prime
of life bringing up a family of young children. This will give
some idea of the importance of doing everything to secure
the return of these individuals to such a condition of health
as will enable them to provide for their families until such
time as they are self-supporting.
It will be noticed that there is a difference of 12.5 years
in the average age of the single men as compared with the
married, and of 14.2 years in the single women as compared
with the married women in the incidence of the disease.
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