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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 125
Of the 632 cases visited by the Inspectors it has been found
possible to include in the Tables as many as 610, 349 of males and
261 of females, as against 640 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, 108
cases were notified. Of these, 38 parents had died of Pulmonary
Tuberculosis, 69 were living and not affected, 107 died of other
diseases, while two were alive but their medical history was not
known.
In the next two columns under the heading of brothers and
sisters, four were alive but affected, and 27 dead of Pulmonary
Tuberculosis ; 334 were alive and not affected, and 251 had died
of other diseases, while the medical history of eight alive was
unknown.
In group III which relates to uncles and aunts, eight had died
of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 117 were alive and not affected, and
28 dead of other diseases, while the medical history of 65 was
unknown.
In the next column it will be seen that the wives of five cases
had died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and 96 were alive and 11 dead
not affected.
Of the patients' children seven were alive and nine died affected,
283 alive and not affected, and 27 died of other diseases. 19 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. 1—349, had parents alive
affected, while 77 had died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis 356
parents were alive and not affected while 258 had died, but not of
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.