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All cases were notified during life.
Where patients have not been notified during their lifetime
a visit is paid by the Tuberculosis Health Visitor to the home
of the deceased, to obtain particulars of the contacts and to
endeavour to persuade them to attend the Clinic for examination.
In 1954 the death-rate from all forms of Tuberculosis was
0.128 per 1,000 population.
The rate from Respiratory Tuberculosis was 0.112 and the rate
for Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis 0.016. Similar figures for 1953
were 0.12 and 0.02.
In 1954 the total number of deaths showed a further decrease
when compared with 1953. 75% of the deaths occurred in the age
groups 45 years and over. There were no deaths amongst children
of school age.
New cases showed an increase in males of 31% and a decrease
in females of 14%, compared with 1953. The total new cases for
the year 1954 showed an increase of 11%, compared with 1953.
The reduction in the death rate to the low figure of 12.8
Per 100,000 population reflects the progress which is being made
in the control of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Heaths from Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis
During 1954 4 deaths were certified to be due to Non-Respiratory
Tuberculosis, compared with 6 in 1953, 2 in 1952, 13 in
1951 and 7 in 1950.