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The Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1924.
The number of unnotified deaths is slightly higher this year, having
risen from 21 to 25 ; the corresponding percentage proportions are 19.6
per cent. (1930) and 20.6 per cent. (1931). Enquiries were made, but
in no instance did there appear to be neglect to notify a case on the part
of a medical practitioner, who in the majority of cases was only called
in when the patient was in an advanced stage of the disease. In 2 instances
the diagnosis was made as a result of post-mortem examination.
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925.
The object of these regulations is to prevent anyone who is aware that
he is suffering from an infectious form of tuberculosis from engaging in
certain departments of the milk trade. There was no occasion for
exercising the powers conferred by these regulations during 1931.
The Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930.
These Regulations came into force on 1st January, 1931. They
rescind certain of the previous Tuberculosis Regulations, and deal with
the responsibility for, and mode of transmission of, notification. Certain
suggestions are also made regarding diagnosis and co-operation between
the Local Authority and general practitioners.

Of the 204 cases removed from the Register during the year 1931,
96 were on account of death, and 106 persons suffering from Tuberculosis
moved from the City, and notification was withdrawn in 2 cases.
Deaths from Tuberculosis.—The total number of deaths from Tuberculosis
for 1931 (all forms) was 121—Males 76, Females 45. This gives a
death-rate for this disease of 1-04 per 1,000. The following table shows
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