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The following table shows the number of deaths from each of these types, according to age groups, for the year 1928, and in order of frequency from left to right.

Types. Age Groups. Age Groups Total I II III IV V Under 1 year 51 96 1 to 5 years 160 250 5 to 15 years... 110 113 225 52 6 205 73 39 4 526 15 to 30 years.... 24 30 277 15 314 30 to 60 years........ 1,033 75 1,115 60 years and over 95 3 98 Unknown age...... 2 2 2 Type Totals...) 1,731 558 157 85 6 2,537

This table shows that not only was the Pulmonary type of Tuberculosis the commonest but that it proved most fatal in the middle-adult period of life.

Both the meningeal and abdominal types attacked children mostly and as many as 731 deaths were caused by Tubercular diseases in Infants under 5 years of age.

Only 277 deaths occurred in the school age-period, but un-checked infection at these ages would take its death toll later in life.

The next table shows the total deaths due to all forms of Tuberculosis for the last ten years, together with certain other facts of age incidence and percentages of total deaths (Chinese).

Age Groups. Years. 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 Under 5 years... 410 700 559 593 632 780 721 559 690 732 5 to 15 years... 139 204 157 180 169 207 173 157 221 277 15 to 60 years... 986 1,090 1,050 1,164 1,207 1,290 63 Over 10 years... 62 Totals... Chinese Deaths 91 93 (All Causes).. 11,348 12,151 1,604 14,241 15,289 15,301 14,735 12,336 14,525 14,553 Percentage of Chinese deaths due to Tuber- 14.0 16.9 16.2 14.4 13.5 15.7 15.5 15.5 14.6 17.4 culosis