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The ages at death of persons dying from Cancer were:-
TABLE 33
Age Periods.
Total.
Males.
Females.
0-25 years
1
-
1
25-35 years
3
1
2
35-45 years
22
10
12
45-55 years
39
19
20
55-65 years
93
51
42
65-75 years
67
40
27
75 years and upwards
50
24
26
Totals
275
145
130
From the table showing the principal causes' of death it will be seen that one out of every
six deaths in the Borough during 1938 was due to Cancer.
The death rate from the disease was 1.99 per 1,000 compared with 1.66 for England and
Wales.
PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS
No action was taken under Section 66 of the Public Health Act, 1925.
TUBERCULOSIS
No action was taken under the Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925
(relating to persons suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis employed in the milk trade) or under
Section 62 of the Public Health Act, 1925 (relating to the compulsory removal to a hospital of persons
suffering from Tuberculosis).
TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER
During the year under review the Tuberculosis Register has been corrected by the removal
of all cases under the headings: recovered, arrested, diagnosis not confirmed, lost sight of, left the
district or died, and the addition of all new cases notified, in accordance with the Public Health
(Tuberculosis) Regulations.
The details of these removals and additions are as follows:—
Pulmonary:
Non-Pulmonary:
TOTALS.
Males.
Females.
Males.
Females.
Number of cases on Register at commencement
of 1938
479
489
201
255
1,424
Number of cases removed during the
year
123
99
28
30
280
356
390
173
225
1,144
Number of cases notified for the first
time during the year
113
92
13
13
231
Number of cases coming to knowledge
of Medical Officer of Health otherwise
than by formal notification
10
6
3
1
20
Number of cases remaining on Register
at end of year
479
488
189
239
1,395