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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 141
Of the 712 cases visited by the Inspectors it has been found
possible to include in the Tables as many as 640, 322 of males and
318 of females, as against 710 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, 92
cases were notified. Of these, 15 parents had died of Pulmonary
Tuberculosis, 62 were living and not affected, 99 died of other
diseases, while two were alive and six dead, but their medical history
was not known.
In the next two columns under the heading of brothers and
sisters, two were alive but affected, and 18 dead of Pulmonary Tuberculosis;
357 were alive and not affected, and 117 had died of other
diseases, while the medical history of five alive and two dead was unknown.
In group III. which relates to uncles and aunts, four had died
of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 100 were alive and not affected, and
72 dead of other diseases, while the medical history of 57 was unknown.
In the next column it will be seen that the wives of five cases
had died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 88 were alive and five dead
not affected, while the medical history of one living was unknown.
Of the patients' children five were alive and six died affected,
296 alive and not affected, and 43 died of other diseases. Nine
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.:—322, 15 had parents alive
affected, while 46 had died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. 351 parents
were alive and not affected while 200 had died, but not of Pulmonary
Tuberculosis.