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9
TUBERCULOSIS
There was very little variation in Tuberculosis statistics
during 1950. Notifications, deaths and removals of pulmonary
cases remained almost unchanged, although non-pulmonary
notifications were twice the number registered in the previous
year.
Age Groups
0- 1- 5- 10-15-20- 25-35- 45-55- 65-Total
Pulmonary
Primary
Notifications
New cases
other than
by formal
notification
M. 2 6 1 2 8 13 14 14 26 15 9 110
F. - 2 - 5 15 18 17 6 4 1 1 69
M. 111-1 9 11 6 4 4 6 44
F. - - 1 - - 6 19 2 1 - 2 31
Totals 1950 3 9 3 7 24 46 61 28 35 20 18 254
1949 2 8 4 5 29 41 57 35 26 34 16 257
Non-Pulmonary
Primary
Notifications
New cases
other than
by formal
notification
M. - 3 1 1 1 2 - - - - - 8
F. - 2 2 2 3 1 5 4 - - - 19
M. - 1 - - - 1 - 1 - - - 3
F. - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - 2
Totals 1950 - 6 3 3 5 4 6 5 - - - 32
1949 - 2 2 2 - 4 2 1 1 - 2 16
Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary
Cases on Register, end of 1949 1,077 172
Notified cases, 1950 (including transfers,
posthumous and primary notifications) 254 32
Cases removed from Register during 1950 182 16
Cases remaining at end of 1950 1,149 188