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Tuberculosis.
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930.
The total number of primary notifications during the year was 263, in addition to which
25 cases not previously notified came to knowledge by means of special death reports, and 88 cases
by transfer from other districts. The total number of new cases from all sources was therefore
376, equal to a notification rate of 2.66 per 1,000 of population, compared with 352 new cases
during the previous year, with a notification rate of 2.49 per 1,000 population.
The deaths from all forms of tuberculosis during the year numbered 76, equal to a
death rate of 0.54 per 1,000 of population, whereas the total number of deaths in the previous
year was 105 with a death rate of 0.74 per 1,000 population.
It will be noted that, out of a total of 76 deaths from tuberculosis, 25 (being 32.9 per
cent.) were of cases which were notified only at death.
Death from tuberculosis without prior notification of the disease may be due to—
(a) sudden death of a person who has not consulted a doctor since tuberculosis
has developed;
(b) sudden death of a person who has been notified elsewhere but has not consulted
a doctor since arrival in the Borough;
(c) difficulty in diagnosis before death;
(d) the doctor being under an erroneous impression that the case had been
notified in the Borough previously.
The number of primary notifications of Tuberculosis and those which came to knowledge
by means of death reports and transfers from other districts, as well as deaths during the year,
are given in the following three tables:—