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REPORT OF THE TUBERCULOSIS OFFICER.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,
During 1928 there has been no material change in the
work of the Department, and the following Report calls for no
special comment this year.

These figures give an Incidence Rate for all forms of the
disease of 1.91 per 1,000 of the population 1.16 pulmonary and
•41 non-pulmonary), with a Death Rate for all forms of 1.17
per 1,000 population (1.03 pulmonary and .12 non-pulmonary).
In 7 instances (3 pulmonary and 4 non-pulmonary) the diagnosis
of Tuberculosis was not confirmed after observation at Dispensary
or Hospital, so that the above Incidence Rates should be read
at a slightly lower figure.
For the past four or five years I have remarked upon the
decline of Tuberculosis in the Borough, and the decline this year
although less marked is still maintained.
The Death Notification Interval of 72 patients who died
of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in 1928 is shown below:—
Information from Death Returns 1
Died within One Month of Notification 2
Died within Three Months of Notification 4
Died within Six Months of Notification 2
Died with Over Six Months of Notification 63
Revised Diagnosis.—The 7 cases in which diagnosis was
not confirmed comprised:—1 Bronchiectasis, 2 Bronchitis, all
notified as suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis; and 3 cases
of simple enlargement of the neck glands, and one case of hip
disease (coxa vara), all notified as Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Deaths.—During the year 121 persons died from Tuberculosis
(all forms), giving a Death Rate of 1.17 per 1,000
population; 108 were due to the pulmonary form, equal to a
rate of 1.03 per 1,000, which is 28 higher than the figure
recorded last year.