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comparison with the year 1947 shows 143 new cases of male
Respiratory Tuberculosis notified on Form A, with 48 occurring
in patients over 45 years of age. During that year this represented
33.5 per cent. of male formal notifications. The increased male
incidence in the over 45 age groups in the past few years presents
a problem both from the point of view of spread of infection and
of treatment.
The total number of new cases of Tuberculosis coming to the
knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1952
by notification or otherwise was 331, as compared with 316 in
1951, 369 in 1950, 305 in 1949, and 350 in 1948.
306 of these were cases of Respiratory Tuberculosis; 190 in
males and 116 in females. There were 34 more cases in males
and 15 more in females than in 1951.
There were 5 cases of Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis among
children under 15 years as compared with 9 in 1951. The number
of cases in adults was 20, compared with 35 in 1951.
Of the cases notified in 1952, 8 males and 1 female
died from the Respiratory form of the disease during the year,
equal to 3.6 per cent. of those notified.
The incidence rate of Tuberculosis of all forms was 1.32 per
1,000 of the population; for Respiratory Tuberculosis 1.22, and
for Non-Respiratory 0.10 per 1,000 population. The notification
rate was 0.97 per 1,000. In 1951 the corresponding figures were
1.25, 1.08, 0.17 and 0.89 per 1,000.
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1952.
Summary of notifications during the period from 1st January,
1952, to 31st December, 1952:—