1910-11.] Incidence of Mortality from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. 369 
In Table XII. the female rates (1901-7) for Scotland and England 
and for certain Scottish towns and groups of towns are set out, along with 
their statistics of occupation among females, from the census 1901. With- 
out suggesting direct numerical relation between these, there seems sufficient 
accordance to indicate that the occupation is exerting an influence on the 
female mortality in Scotland as compared with England, and in the 
Scottish towns of greater as compared with those of lesser industrial 
occupation among females. 
In England textile industries per se are not necessarily associated with 
a high female mortality from tuberculosis of the lungs. In the following 
Table the statistics of 1901 for Dundee, and for three of the most important 
centres of cotton manufacture, are set out, together with the mortality rates 
from this disease in the latter. 
Table XIII. 
Death-rate 
per 10,000 
1898-1907* 
Engaged in 
Textiles. 
Engaged in Dress. 
Engaged 
in Indoor 
Domestic 
Service. 
Per 10,000 Females 
at Ages 
Per 10,000 Females 
at Ages 
Per 10,000 
Females 
at Age 
Male. 
Female. 
Above 
10 
10-15. 
10-25. 
Above 
10 
10-15. 
10-25. 
Above 
10 
Dundee 
3800 
2435 
5079 
287 
81 
361 
280 
Blackburn . 
13-30 
8-83 
4311 
3650 
5896 
372 
172 
515 
363 
Bolton 
17-48 
10-94 
2797 
2782 
4845 
290 
137 
398 
435 
Oldham 
19-87 
12-02 
3012 
2465 
4962 
280 
131 
400 
374 
Mortality. Rates from 0-15 years . — During this age period the rate 
in Scotland has always been greater both among males and females than in 
England and Wales. From 0-5 the female has been less than the male 
rate in both countries, while from 5-15 it has been greater. The relation 
between the male and female rates in the two countries and in their 
urban and rural areas during the period 1891-1907 is shown in the 
following Table, the male rate in each case being taken as 1. For com- 
parison the relation at 15-20 is also given. 
* Article “The Local Incidence of Tuberculosis,” by Dr Scurfield, Public Health , voL 
xxii., No. 10. 
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