TUBERCULOSIS 165 



The following table, compiled from the last census 

 return (1900), gives the death-rate per 100,000 from 

 this disease for persons of various occupations : 



Bankers, brokers, and officials of companies 92 



Laundresses 94 



Farmers and farm labourers 111.7 



Clergymen 1 23.5 



School-teachers, female 126 



School-teachers, male 144 



Railroad employees 1 29.8 



Dressmakers and seamstresses 130 



Policemen 136.7 



Lawyers 139-9 



Mill operators 144 



Physicians 158.8 



Gardeners and florists ... 186.6 



Journalists 1 88.4 



Carpenters 231 



Masons 293 



Book-keepers and clerks 308 



Painters and glaziers 319 



Servants, female 319.7 



Sailors and fishermen 333 



Barbers 334.9 



Cabinet-makers 359 



Labourers 370 



Servants, male 430 



Printers 435-9 



Cigar-makers 476 



Marble- and stone-cutters 540 



Occupations in which the air is filled with dust par- 

 ticles, which irritate the bronchial mucous membrane, 



