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Tuberculosis.
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Deaths.— The total number of deaths certified as due to
diseases of a Tuberculous nature was 288—of whom 179 were
males, and 109 females. 245 deaths were due to Pulmonary
Tuberculosis and 48 to other forms of Tuberculosis.
Table XXIII. gives further details regarding the type of the
disease, and sex, of these 288 deaths.
TABLE XXIII.
Localisation.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Pulmonary and Acute Miliary
Tuberculosis
157
88
245
Brain
7
9
16
Glands, Mesenteric
2
2
4
Bones and Joints
2
—
2
Other Parts
11
10
21
Totals
179
109
288
In addition to these deaths, which were duly certified in
the returns as due to Tuberculosis, 20 persons previously
notified as suffering from Tuberculosis died during the year.
These deaths, however, do not figure in Table XXIII. for the
reason that:—
(a.) Thirteen were certified as dying of diseases other
than Tuberculosis.
(b.) Seven had previously moved outside the Borough
and died there, the death being credited to the area in which
it occurred.
The following Table gives figures for the last ten years
showing both the number of deaths and the death-rate per
1,000 from Tuberculosis in the Borough.