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The deaths of non-notified cases of Tuberculosis numbered 12, and
the total tuberculosis deaths 60; the ratio of non-notified tuberculosis
deaths to total tuberculosis deaths being 1 in 5.
Closely akin to non-notified fatal cases is the question of those
patients who are not notified until they reach a very advanced stage
of the disease. This unfortunate aspect of what must in some cases
be "late" notification is indicated by the following table:—
1920.
1921.
1922.
1923.
1924.
1925.
Total deaths, all forms of
Tuberculosis 55 72 71 58 70 60
No. notified within one
month of death 2 12 9 5 9 14
No. notified within three
months of death 4 7 7 6 7 6
No. notified within six
months of death 310 1 4 4 3
It is most important that the advanced and highly infectious case
should be removed from its close association with other people, and
an institution for such cases is still greatly-needed and much overdue.
Instances of patients living in one or two-roomed tenements who,
if not at present advanced and highly infectious, may yet become so,
will be found on page 89.