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SECTION III.—TUBERCULOSIS.
J.- NOTIFICATIONS.
409 patients were notified for the first time in 1925 as suffering
from tuberculosis (Appendix Table V.), as compared with 329 in
1924, 414 in 1923, 463 in 1922, and 573 in 1921. The number was
made up as follows:—
Males. Females. Total.
Pulmonary tuberculosis 117 91 208
Non-pulmonary ,, 117 84 201
234 175 409
In addition, other patients came to the notice of the Tuberculosis
Officer during the year through channels other than formal
notification. In all, 248 new cases of pulmonary and 151 of other
tuberculosis were traced during the year (Appendix, Table VII.).
2.—DEATHS.
181 deaths from tuberculosis were recorded (Appendix, Table
V.), distributed as follows:—
Pulmonary tuberculosis 89 62 151
Non-pulmonary ,, 18 12 30
107 74 181
I his is equivalent to a death-rate from tuberculosis of 0.92 per
per 1,000 of population. The corresponding rate in 1924 was 0.96,
and in 1923 was 0.98.
Of the 181 deaths from tuberculosis, 8 were notified within
one week of death, 9 after death, and 45 were not notified.
Particulars as to the age and sex of new cases ascertained
during the year, and the efficiency of notification at various age
periods, are set out in 'Table VII. in the Appendix.
3.—WORK OF TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY.
The Tuberculosis Dispensary occupies the ground and first
floors of 13, Katharine Street, and consists of an office, two waiting
rooms, a consulting room, a dark room, and the medical officer s
room. The dispensary has been open for the examination of
patients or of contacts on 10 sessions in each week (5 morning, 4
afternoon, 1 evening).