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In all cases notified the nurses visited and obtained all
the necessary information. Any insanitary conditions
found to exist were referred to the Sanitary Inspectors.
One hundred and ten deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis were registered, against one hundred and fifteen
in the previous year, representing a death-rale of 0.9 per
1,000 compared with 0.9 in 1984.
The notification of cases of Tuberculosis by medical
practitioners is, unfortunately, not carried out in all cases
as required by the Regulations, that is within 48 hours of
the same coming to their knowledge.
In all cases where failure to notify occurs, the attention
of the medical practitioner is called to the fact and his
observations requested.
The majority of the non-notified cases are tuberculous
meningitis, the diagnosis being made post mortem.
It has not been deemed necessary to take any further
action as the explanations have been considered satisfactory.
I append figures for the years 1920-85, showing the
interval between notification and death of tuberculous
persons.
1920.
1921.
1922.
1923.
1924.
1925.
19-5.
1927.
1928.
1929.
1930.
1931.
1932.
1933.
1934.
1935.
1. Total number of deaths
from Tuberculosis in the
Borough 157 173 102 145 170 138 142 181 135 149 153 127 156150 124 119
2. The number of cases
notified at death 11 8 17 11 10 13 8 — 7 3 7 2 6 13 5 11
3. The number of cases
notified within one month
of death (excluding above) 26 29 20 21 23 18 30 25 17 32 18 16 21 17 11 II
4. The number of cases notified
within three months of
death (excluding above) 28 29 20 18 20 13 20 23 13 18 21 ! 4 17 17 9 8
5. The number of cases notified
within six months of death
(excluding above) 16 9 16 13 16 18 12 18 » 8 9 11 15 16 11 11