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For Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis the proportion of non-notified
fatal cases to the total deaths from this form of the disease was
56.5%. In other words, out of a total of 23 deaths,13 were not
notified during life; only 2 of these 13 cases died at home, the
cause of death being ascertained after a post-mortem examination.
Of the total deaths from Tuberculosis of all forms, 30 or 17.5%
were not notified prior to death, compared with 14.01% in 1934.
The success of a Tuberculosis Scheme may be judged on the
number of persons dying from Tuberculosis without having been
notified, or only notified shortly before death. The Croydon figure
is a fairly satisfactory one but it can be improved upon.
In a certain number of predisposed persons periodic medical
examination might lead to apprehension. The early detection of
disease is, nevertheless, of paramount importance.
The periodic medical examination of the whole population, as
is now applied to public Elementary School children would, in the
case of this one disease alone, probably be an economic asset.
Ages at Death from Pulmonary Tuberculosis.