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During the year there were notified 118 cases of Pulmonary
Tuberculosis and 43 cases of Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Although these cases are added to the register in the one year,
it does not mean that this number of cases has been notified for the
first time in this year. Many were cases in whom the disease
had occurred some time previously while the patient resided in
another area and information of these had already been received.
Actually, about one-quarter of the pulmonary cases and one-sixth
of the non-pulmonary cases transferred to the district while suffering
from tuberculosis.
Other cases were added to the Register, having come to notice
otherwise than by notification by a medical practitioner. This
number in previous years was very large during the development
of the Estate, but the numbers should now steadily diminish.
These figures represent the extent of disease occurring in persons
who transfer here to occupy vacated Estate houses and also to
reside in the comparatively few newly erected dwellings. 1 he
numbers of these patients brought to notice during the year and who
have not been notified to this office since residing at their new
address are 37 Pulmonary and 12 Non-pulmonary.
118 notifications is a rate of 1.3 per thousand population,
compared with the rate of 1.4 for England and Wales. Excluding
those who transferred here with the disease, the notification rate
those pulmonary cases is 1.0 per thousand. The 44 non-pulmonary
cases is a rate of 0.5 per thousand population compared with 0.46
England and Wales. Excluding those who contracted the
disease before transfer, the rate is only 0.41 per thousand populaton.
The turnover of occupation of Estate houses is now about
per cent, per annum or roughlv 7,000 persons. The number