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271 of these were cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 151 in
males and 120 in females. There were 28 fewer cases of
Pulmonary Tuberculosis in males and 9 fewer in females than
in 1943.
There were 12 cases of Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis among
children under 15 years as compared with 24 in 1943. The
number of cases in adults was 32, compared with 51 in 1943.
Of the cases notified in 1944, 25 males and 8 females died
from the Pulmonary form of the disease during the year, equal
to 14.8 per cent, of those notified, and 1 male and 3 females from
the Non-pulmonary form.
The incidence rate of Tuberculosis of all forms was 1.66 per
1.000 of the population; for Pulmonary Tuberculosis 1.43, and
for Non-pulmonary 0.23 per 1,000 population. The notification
rate was 1.35 per 1,000. In 1943 the corresponding figures were
1.92, 1.54, 0.38 and 1.50 per 1,000.
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930.
Summary of notifications during the period from 1st January,
1944, to 31st December, 1944: —
FORMAL NOTIFICATIONS.