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PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF TUBERCULOSIS.
I am indebted to Dr. J.C.McMillan, the Assistant Medical
Officer of Health for Tuberculosis, for the statistical part of
this section of the report.
Notification of Tuberculosis.
One hundred and eighty six cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
and 45 of Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis were notified on Form A
(primary notifications), of these 121 males and 65 females
were Pulmonary cases, 22 males and 25 females Non-Pulmonary. In
addition, 55 Pulmonary cases and 15 lion-Pulmonary came to our
notice as new cases otherwise than by notification.
Tile total number of new cases of Tuberculosis coming to the
knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during 1959 by notification
or otherwise, was 279, as compared with 552 in 1958, 358 in
1957, 511 in 1956, 555 in 1955, 525 in 1934, 546 in 1955, and
569 in 1952.
221 of these were cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis; 140 males
and 81 females. There were 11 fewer cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
in males, and 58 fewer in females than in 1938.
There were 51 cases of Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis among
children under 15 years as compared with 25 in 1958. The number
of cases in adults was 27 compared with 37 in 1958.
Of the cases notified in 1959, 21 males and 8 females died
from the Pulmonary form of the disease during the year, equal to
15.6% of those notified, and 5 males and 2 females from the NonPulmonary
form.
The incidence rate of Tuberculosis of all forms was 1.14 per
1,000 of the population; for Pulmonary Tuberculosis 0.91 and for
Non-Pulmonary 0.25 per 1,000 population. This rate is low as
compared with other large centres of population. The Notification
rate was 0.94 per 1,000. In 1958 the corresponding figures were
1.56, 1.11, 0.25 and 1.05 per 1,000.
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930.
Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January,
1959 to the 31st December- 1939:-