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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
141
Of the 786 cases visited by the Inspectors it has been found
possible to include in the Tables as many as 710, 377 of males and
333 of females, as against 222 in last year's Report.
The Tables dealing with ages, duration of illness and occupation
are self-explanatory, but the Tables dealing with personal and family
history are more complicated and require some explanation. These
Tables are to be read as follows:—
In the Table dealing with married males at ages 35-55, 123
cases were notified. Of these, one parent was alive but affected
while 28 had died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 69 were living and
not affected, 115 dead of other diseases while 33 were alive but their
medical history was not known.
In the next two columns under the beading of brothers and
sisters, 10 were alive but affected and 43 dead of Pulmonary Tuberculosis,
325 were alive and not affected, and 74 had died of other
diseases, while the medical history of 24 alive and one dead was unknown.
In group III. which relates to uncles and aunts, 19 had died
of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 112 were alive and not affected, and
no dead of other diseases, while the medical history of 75 was unknown.
In the next column it will be seen that the wives of two cases
were alive but affected, while six had died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis,
114 were alive and one dead not affected while the medical
history of two, one alive and one dead was unknown.
Of the patients' children nine were alive and affected, seven
dead not affected, 347 alive and not affected, and 58 dead of other
diseases. 10 of the patients were childless.
At the other ages the Table is to be read in the same way.
Of the total number of males, viz.—377, nine had parents alive
affected, while 67 had died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. 331 parents
were alive and not affected while 247 had died, but not of Pulmonary
Tuberculosis.