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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Analysis of Cases.
Table LXXVI. shows the number of tuberculous and nontuberculous
cases grouped in age periods, and the percentage found
to be tuberculous.
Of the 971 cases 379 or 39.03 per cent. were tuberculous, and
592 non-tuberculous, compared with 343 or 36.64 per cent., and 592
in 1913.
Under the age of 15, there were 68 cases of Tuberculosis,
a percentage of 14.75, compared with 106 and 21.5 in 1913. The
reduction in these figures for Tuberculosis in childhood is satisfactory.
The higher figures for 1913 may have been due to certain
accumulation of cases as there had previously been no dispensary to
deal with them.
At ages 15 and upwards, there-were 311 cases of Tuberculosis,
a percentage of 60.98, compared with 237 or 53.5 per cent. in 1913.
This increase is due to the patients sent by the Insurance Committee,
nearly all of whom were tuberculous.
With regard to sexes of tuberculous patients, under the age of
15, there is little difference between the males and females, as in
1913; aged 15 and upwards, there were 174 males to 137 females,
while in 1913 there were 154 males and 133 females. The increase
in the males is to be expected as Tuberculosis is commoner in males
than in females.