43 | -- | 1 | 1 | 2 || -- | 1 44 | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 || 1 | 3 45 | 2 | -- | -- | 2 || 1 | 4 46 | -- | 1 | 2 | 2 || 1 | -- 47 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -- || 1 | 2 48 | 1 | -- | 4 | -- || 1 | 1 49 | 1 | -- | 1 | 2 || -- | 1 50 | 1 | -- | 1 | 5 || 1 | 3 51 | -- | -- | 1 | 1 || -- | -- 52 | -- | -- | -- | -- || -- | 1 53 | -- | -- | 2 | 1 || 1 | -- 54 | -- | -- | -- | 1 || -- | 1 55 | -- | 1 | -- | -- || -- | 1 56 | -- | -- | 1 | 2 || 1 | 2 57 | -- | -- | 1 | 1 || -- | 2 58 | -- | -- | 3 | 2 || 1 | -- 59 | -- | 1 | -- | 1 || 1 | -- 60 | | | | || | and | | | | || | upwards| -- | -- | 11 | 11 || 18 | 20 --------+----------+----------+-----------+----------++--------+-------- Total | 32 | 210 | 42 | 71 || 42 | 132 --------+----------+----------+-----------+----------++--------+-------- =Mortality among Women.=--It will be seen that of 413 women who died in the course of the year, no fewer than 210, or more than one-half, died of phthisis, and 125 of these were under the age of 25. Again, there were 71 women who died from respiratory diseases, so that we get a grand total of 281 deaths amongst the women from pulmonary disorders. How closely this terrible state of things is connected with the nature of the occupation may be judged from the following extract from the report of the Medical Officer of Health for Belfast for the year 1892. Commenting on the fact that of the 6,537 deaths registered during 1891, 1,017 were attributable to phthisis, and 1,784 to disease of the respiratory organs, Dr. Whitaker remarks: