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53
TUBERCULOSIS.
Tuberculosis of all kinds is notifiable, and particulars
of the number of notification certificates received
during the year are set out in the table appended hereto,
from which it will be seen that 211 new cases of Tuberculosis
were notified under the Public Health (Tuberculosis)
Regulations. In addition, there were 21 cases
which came to my knowledge other than by notification,
13 of these being after death, making a total of 232 cases.
In view of the introduction of new Regulations
which deal with the quarterly revision of the Tuberculosis
Register, it is now possible to estimate with a
greater degree of accuracy the prevalence of this
disease in the Borough. The number of cases remaining
on the Register at the 31st December, 1926,
was 1,337. The details are given in the table on
page 55.
During the year there were 121 deaths from
Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 8 deaths from Tuberculous
Meningitis, and 12 deaths from other tuberculous
diseases.