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Group T.B. plus is sub-divided under three headings:—
Group I.—early cases.
Group II.—intermediate cases.
Group III.—advanced cases.
Contrary to experience in previous years, in the Pulmonary
group the incidence is highest in the age period 26-35, being 33.7
per cent. of the total cases.
A.—Pulmonary Tuberculosis—Age Groups.
Years.
0-5
6-10
11-15
16-25
26-35
36-45
46-55
56-65
over
65
.
Group T.B. minus
5
1
2
19
9
4
2
1
1
44
Group
T.B.
plus
Group I
—
—
—
5
2
1
—
-
—
8
Group II
—
—
2
25
38
15
11
7
2
100
Group III
—
-
—
1
6
2
1
1
—
11
Total
5
1
4
50
55
22
14
9
3
163
B.—Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis—Age Groups.
Years.
0-5
6-10
11-15
16-25
26-35
36-45
46-55
56-65
65
/
Bones and joints
1
1
—
2
-
-
-
-
-
4
Abdominal
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
1
Peripheral glands
3
1
—
2
1
—
-
-
—
7
Skin and other organs
—
—
1
—
3
—
—
—
—
4
Total
4
2
1
5
4
—
—
—
-
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C.—Mode of Onset in Pulmonary Cases.
Mode of Onset.
Number of Cases.
Percentage.
Cough
109
66•87
" Influenza "
3
1•84
Pleurisy
4
2•45
Pleurisy with effusion
6
3•68
Haemoptysis
27
16•57
Other modes
14
8•59
Totals
163
100•00
The large proportion of cases in which the first noticed symptom
was haemoptysis (blood-spitting) is again to be noted.