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Tuberculosis.
During the year 57 persons, not previously notified, were
certified as having died of Tuberculosis. The ratio of unnotified
Tuberculosis deaths to total Tuberculosis deaths is therefore
57 to 353.
Of the 57 unnotified deaths, 41 were certified from Institutions,
nine by private doctors, while in seven cases Tuberculosis
was discovered post mortem. In the majority of cases the
certifying doctor was asked for an explanation, but in no
case was it considered necessary to take proceedings for wilful
neglect or refusal to notify.
75 persons died within one month after notification, 105
within three months, and 135 within six months.
Patients classified as "recovered" are those who have
shown no evidence of active disease for at least five years.
This "Notification Register" contains particulars of all
persons who have been notified as suffering from Tuberculosis.
It should be distinguished from the "Dispensary Register"
—referred to in Table XXVII.—which is a list containing the
names of all persons attending at, or seen in connection with,
the Dispensary for diagnosis or treatment.
Table XXV. gives a summary of all the cases of Tuberculosis
notified since 1904, which is the first complete year
after a voluntary system of notification was instituted in the
Borough.
The figures for the 25 years from 1904 to 1928, are given
in quinquennial periods, and those for 1929 are shown separately.
The number of cases reported, the number who died, recovered
or removed, and the number remaining on the register at the
end of each period are shown in this Table, for both the pulmonary
and non-pulmonary forms of the disease.