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TUBERCULOSIS.

At the end of the year, after taking into account all the additions
and deletions, there were five hundred and six cases remaining on the
tuberculosis register, four hundred and fifty being cases of pulmonary
tuberculosis and fifty six cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis.
New notifications of pulmonary tuberculosis amounted to only 26
compared with an average of 36 in the last five years. This represents
a notification rate of 0.45 per thousand of the population, which, apart
from last year's record figure, is the lowest the Borough has known,
and is most encouraging having regard to the use now made of Mass
Radiography and other means of early detection of the disease.
Deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis amounted to 4 compared with
1 last year, when the Borough's lowest figure was recorded. While there
are bound to be fluctuations in dealing with relatively small numbers, on
the average the local death rate from pulmonary tuberculosis has steadily
declined, as it has nationally.
Treatment for cases of tuberculosis is the responsibility of the
Regional Hospital Board, who provide both sanatorium and dispensary
treatment.
Vaccination against tuberculosis with B.C.G. is offered to all
children between the ages of 13 and 14 years and is carried out in the
secondary schools and County Council's Clinics normally in the autumn
term. This scheme is operated through the County School Health
Service.
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations 1925 —
No action was necessary in regard to tuberculosis employees in the milk
trade.
Public Health Act 136 (Section 172) — No action was required
under this Section of the Public Health Act 1936.
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