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167
361, in 1918, to 89 in 1938, equivalent to 75 per cent. The figures,
together with the deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis, are as
follows: —
Year.
Persons newly notified.
Deaths from
Pulmonary
Tuberculosis.
Pulmonary
Tuberculosis
(Voluntarily
notifiable 1902;
compulsorily
notifiable 1912).
Non-Pulmonary
Tuberculosis
(compulsorily
notifiable from
1st February,
1913).
Total.
1918 291 70 361 75
1919 165 48 213 56
1920 118 53 171 41
1921 103 55 158 63
1922 101 34 135 50
1923 88 36 124 51
1924 100 25 125 58
1925 99 14 113 52
1926 69 16 85 51
1927 79 11 90 38
1928 80 8 88 39
1929 72 12 84 48
1930 68 13 81 38
1931 92 17 109 41
1932 74 20 94 32
1933 94 10 104 37
1934 73 21 94 53
1935 63 18 81 29
1936 71 23 94 32
1937 86 12 98 30
1938 76 13 89 34
Deaths.
The number of deaths from all forms of tuberculosis during
1938 was 37, of which 34 were pulmonary and 3 non-pulmonary. The
death rate per 1,000 population from tuberculosis was 40.
Deaths of Non-notified Cases.
There were seven deaths certified as due to tuberculosis which
had not been notified previously. The ratio of non-notified tuberculosis
deaths to total tuberculosis deaths was 1 in 5. Enquiries are always
made in such cases as to the reasons for non-notification. The
reasons given for failure to notify were:—
(1) Meningitis, rapidly fatal issue.