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Decennial Table, 1898—1907, showing the Death-rate from Tubercle per 10,000 Living and Percentage of Total Deaths. v„„- Mean of Deaths from x>„ t „ _„ nri „„„ cn_ 4 .„ l T-. a ??v,„ Year. ro . . m,,u„ i„_ Rate per 10,000. Total Deaths Populate. Tubercular from a „ Causes _ 1898 ... ... ... 736,260 769 10-44 10-62 1899 ... ... ... 749,984 795 1060 10-35 1900 ... ... ... 763,594 752 9-85 10-44 1901 ... ... ... 777,968 775 9-96 10-15 1902 ... ... ... 797,793 802 10-05 9-58 1903 ... ... ... 820,217 769 9-38 9-02 1904 ... ... ... 845,022 799 9-46 9-88 1905 ... ... ... 870,000 678 7-79 8-41 1906 ... ... ... 895,594 720 8-04 863 1907 ... ... ... 919,105 856 9-31 8-50

Decennial Table, 1898-1907. — Deaths from various Tubercular Diseases registered in New Zealand, specifying the Number under and over Five Years of Age. Persons.

Seven deaths from " lupus " recorded during the decennium have not been included in the above table. They were all deaths of adult persons (2 males and 5 females) excepting 1, aged 13 years. It will be seen that the term " tubercular disease " includes " phthisis," " tables mesenterica," "tubercular peritonitis," "tubercular meningitis," "acute hydrocephalus," with other forms of tuberculosis (scrofula, &c). Of these the mortality from phthisis forms by far the greatest part of the whole. Thus, in 1907 there were 612 deaths from phthisis out of a total of 856 deaths from all tubercular complaints. Of 612 deaths by phthisis, only 4 were of persons under 5 years of age. Examination of the next table, giving the full series of ages of persons who died from tubercular disease during the year 1907, shows that of 35 deaths from tabes mesenterica, with tubercular peritonitis, 16 were of children under 5 years. Also that, of 115 deaths from tubercular meningitis, with acute hydrocephalus, 68 were of persons under 5 years, and 33 from 5 to 20 years. Under "other forms of tuberculosis" (excepting phthisis) the greater numbers of deaths are at ages under 30 years. The mortality from phthisis is heaviest at 25-30 years, being 114 deaths out of 612 of all ages; but large numbers are found in the columns as far as that for the advanced term of 65 to 75 years, at which the deaths for 1907 were 16, and 10 deaths from this cause are of persons of 70 years and upwards.

Tabes Mesenterica, Tubercular Peritonitis. Tubercular Meningitis, Acute Hydrocephalus. Phthisis. Other Forms m , , of iot ~ Tuberculosis, „, , ' Scrofula. Tuber, Deaths :om sulosis. w <v br < J "o "5 -^ o EH Year. _, 03 I CO «5 O 1C 1O -si E iO 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 37 43 20 30 26 22 17 15 8 16 I I 12 19 20 22 19 28 18 19 12 19 37 32 24 30 36 39 44 37 35 68 38 40 55 31 30 35 44 38 31 47 10 10 13 10 5 9 5 4 8 4 587 583 564 586 612 561 593 492 548 608 11 12 9 14 8 11 12 8 10 8 37 56 47 52 66 64 66 65 68 86 95 97 66 84 75 81 78 64 61 96 674 698 686 691 727 688 721 614 659 760 769 795 752 775 802 769 799 678 720 856