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1930
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Diphtheria.
103 cases of Diphtheria were notified and 9 deaths occurred;
2 of the deaths occurred outside and had not been notified to us.
They were in the infirmary and had contracted Diphtheria there.
There is a considerable increase both in the notifications and
the deaths, compared with 1929. In 1929 only one death occurred
from this disease.
The disease was distributed throughout the district and no
particular area or school had any abnormal incidence.
Tuberculosis.
97 cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and 13 cases of other
forms of Tuberculosis were notified during the year.
There were 57 deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis and 9
deaths from other forms of Tuberculosis.
There was an increase in the number of deaths and in the
number of notifications both from Pulmonary Tuberculosis and
from other forms of Tuberculosis.
The death notification interval of the 57 patients who died
of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in 1930 was :—
Information from Death Returns 10
Died within 1 month after notification 7
Died between 1 and 3 months after notification 6
Died between 3 and 6 months after notification 5
Died between 6 and 12 months after notification 9
Died between 1 and 2 years after notification 7
Died between 2 and 3 years after notification 3
Died over 3 years after notification 10
On December 31st the following is a statement of the particulars
appearing in the Register of cases of Tuberculosis.
Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary. Total
Males. Females. Males. Females.
Number of Cases of T. B.
on the Register at the
commencement of year 116 106 24 17 263
Number of Cases notified
for the first time during
the year 54 49 9 4 116
Number of Cases removed
from the Register during
the year 51 31 3 1 86
Number of Cases remaining
on the Register at
the end of the year 119 124 30 20 293
During the year the Tuberculosis Officer removed 12 cases
6f Pulmonary Tuberculosis and 2 cases of Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis
from the Register. These are, of course, in addition to
the cases removed on account of death.