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There were 13 cases of Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis among
children under 15 years as compared with 18 in 1948. The number
of cases in adults was 28, compared with 20 in 1948
Of the cases notified in 1949, 10 males and 5 females died
from the Respiratory form of the disease during the year, equal
to 7.2 per cent. of those notified.
The incidence, rate of Tuberculosis of all forms was 1.22 per
1,000 of the population; for Respiratory Tuberculosis 1.06, and
for Non-Respiratory 0.16 per 1,000 population. The notification
rate was 0.94 per 1,000. In 1948 the corresponding figures were
1.42, 1.26, 0.16 and 1.15 per 1,000.
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930.
Summary of notifications during the period from 1st January,
1949, to 31st December, 1949:—