The actual position of the tuberculosis problem to-day : being address delivered by request at the conference of the National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis at Birmingham, July, 1923 / by Sir Robert Philip, M.D., LL.D., President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Professor of Tuberculosis in the University of Edinburgh.

  • Philip, Robert William, Sir, 1857-1939
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[1924?]
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Credit: The actual position of the tuberculosis problem to-day : being address delivered by request at the conference of the National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis at Birmingham, July, 1923 / by Sir Robert Philip, M.D., LL.D., President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Professor of Tuberculosis in the University of Edinburgh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Death-rate per 100,000 Population from all Forms of Tuberculosis in various Capitals (1913-1921). 1913 1916 1919 1921 London .... 165 189 145 '128 Edinburgh .... 168 157 140 134* New York .... 199 182 152 103 Paris. 328 307 248 244 Vienna .... 302 357 490 405 *Exte nded City Area. (1920) Death-rate per 100,000 Population from all Forms of Tuberculosis in Paris and in Towns of over 5,000 Population in France. Paris. Other Towns of France. 1891-1895 . 1896-1900 1901-1905 1906-1910 1911 . 1912 . 1913 . 409 379 390 371 342 334 323 1891-1895 1896-1900 1901-1905 1906-1910 1911 . 1912 . 1913 . 255 249 270 270 262 258 258 Death-rate per 100,000 Population from Tuberculosis in Birmingham, illustrating accelerating Fall within Recent Years. Year. Tuberculosis—All Forms. Year. Tuberculosis—All Forms. 1883 220 \ 1903 176 > 1884 227 Mean of 5 years 1904 175 Mean of 5 years 1885 221 (1883-1887) 1905 167 (1903-1907) 1886 209 217 1906 151 165 1887 209 ) 1907 154 J 1898 187 ^ 1918 160 \ 1899 210 Mean of 5 years 1919 128 Mean of 5 years 1900 208 [ (1898-1902) 1920 110 y (1918-1922) 1901 231 208 1921 113 125 1902 206 1922 113 7 Percentage decrease as between Percentage decrease as between 5 vears (1883-1887), and 5 years 5 years (1903-1907), and 5 years (1898-1902)—4.15 (1918-1922)—24.^'+