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Comments on Foregoing Table.
The organs most often attacked in descending order of incidence
are, in the males the Bowels and Rectum (24.6%); the Stomach (21,6%);
the Lungs (12,8%); and the Prostate (3.2%); in females the Breast
(22%) the Bowels and Rectum (19.8%); the Stomach (14.8%) and the
Uterus (11.5%).
THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF TUBERCULOSIS.
I am indepted to Dr. J.C. McMillan, the Assistant Medical Officer of
Health for Tuberculosis, for the statistical part of this section of the
report.
Notification of Tuberculosis.
One hundred and sixty one cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and fifty one
cases of Non-pulmonary tuberculosis were notified on Form. A (primary
notifications); of these 93 males and 68 females were pulmonary cases, 28
males and 23 females non-pulmonary. In addition, 59 pulmonary cases and
15 non-pulmonary came to our notice as new cases otherwise than by notification.
The total number of new cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of
the Medical Officer of Health during the year 194.1 by notification or otherwise
was 286, as compared with 263 in 1940; 279 in 1939; 332 in 1938;
and 338 in 1937.
220 of these were cases of Pulmonary tuberculosis, 124 in males and
96 in females. There are 12 more cases of Pulmonary tuberculosis in males,
and 1 less in females, than in 1940.
There were 29 cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis among children under
15 years as compared with 21 in 1940. The number of cases in adults was
37, compared with 33 in 1940.
Of the cases notified in 1941, 19 males and 11 females died from the
Pulmonary form of the disease during the year, equal to 18.6% of those
notified, and 4 males and 5 females from the non-pulmonary form.
The incidence rate of Tuberculosis of all forms was 1.55 per 1,000 of
the population, for pulmonary tuberculosis 1.19 and for non-pulmonary 0.36
per 1,000 population. This rate is low as compared with other large centres
of population. The Notification rate was 1.15 per 1,000. In 1940 the
corresponding figures were 1.31, 1.04, 0.27 and 0.94 per 1,000.
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Resulations, 1930.
Summary of notifications during the period from 1st January, 1941 to
31st December, 1941:-