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The total number of cases on the Tuberculosis Register at the
end of 1942 was 954, viz., pulmonary 730, non-pulmonary 224, an
increase of 80 on the total for last year.
A table showing the history of cases of Tuberculosis during the
year will be found on Table F.
MORTUARY.
Seventy-five bodies were received at the mortuary and an inquest
held on 1 of them.
DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACTS.
Mr. F. G. Buxton, the Veterinary Inspector, has kindly supplied
me with details of his work in the Borough under the Diseases of
Animals Acts and Orders during 1942 as follows:—
Inspections made under the Diseases of
Animals Acts 27
(Pigs 207)
Animals inspected:—
Under the Parasitic Mange Order:
Horses 4
Under the, Swine Fever Order. 1908:
Pigs 1
No action was necessary under the Tuberculosis Order, 1925.
One post-mortem examination on a pig was carried out during
. the year.
LIST OF TABLES.
TABLE A.—Vital Statistics. 1913-1942.
TABLE B.—Causes of, and ages at, death in 1942.
TABLE C.—Infant Mortality in 1942. Causes of, and ages at, death.
TABLE D.—Births, Deaths, Infant Deaths, and Deaths from certain
diseases. 1913-42.
TABLE E.—Cases of Infectious Disease notified in 1942.
TABLE F.—(1) Notification of, and deaths from, Tuberculosis, 1942.
,, (2) Tuberculosis Register, 1942.