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The total number of new cases of tuberculosis coming to the
knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during 1935 by notification
or otherwise, was 333, as compared with 325 in 1934, 346
in 1933, 369 in 1932, 412 in 1931, 387 in 1930, and 390 in 1929.
269 of these cases were Pulmonary Tuberculosis. 150 in males
and 119 in females. There were 9 more cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
in males, and 10 fewer in females than in 1934.
There were 26 cases of Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis among
children under 15 years as compared with 21 in 1934. The number
of cases in adults was 38 as compared with 34 in 1934.
Of the cases notified in 1935, 24 males and 17 females died
from the Pulmonary form of the disease during the year, equal
to 18.7% of those notified, and 2 males and 3 females from the
Non-Pulmonary.
The incidence rate of Tuberculosis of all forms was 1.38 per
1,000 of the population; for Pulmonary Tuberculosis 1.11 and for
Non-Pulmonary 0.27 per 1,000 population. The Notification rate
was 1.05 per 1,000. In 1934, the corresponding figures were 1.35;
1.12 and 0.23 per 1,000. The Notification rate was 1.03.
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930.
Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st
January, 1935, to the 31st December, 1935:—