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71
TUBERCULOSIS.
Tuberculosis of all kinds is notifiable, and particulars
of the notification certificates received during the
year are set out in the tables appended hereto, from
which it will be seen that 174 new cases of Tuberculosis
were notified under the Public Health (Tuberculosis)
Regulations. In addition 10 posthumous notifications
were received making a total of 184 certificates. Information
was also received from the Registrar-General
or from the Local Registrars of the deaths of 16 persons
who had died from Tuberculosis but who had not been
notified under the Regulations. During the year 18
persons who had been notified in other Boroughs to be
suffering from Tuberculosis took up their residence in
this Borough.
The number of patients remaining on the Tuberculosis
Register at the 31st December, 1932, was 1,335
The details are given in the table on page 74.
During the year the Registrar-General reported
99 deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis, and 11 deaths
from other tuberculous diseases.

The notifications received during the year will be
seen from the following tables : —