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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.
Seventy-two deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis were
registered, against ninety-five in the previous year, representing
a death-rate of 0.6 per 1,000 compared with 0.8 in
1987.
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.