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72
and 36 females suffered from the pulmonary and 15
males and 14 females from the non-pulmonary type.
In addition, there were brought to notice other than by
primary notification, 44 pulmonary and 12 nonpulmonary
cases ; these were transferred to the district.
Also 92 pulmonary cases and 51 non-pulmonary cases
were transferred out of the area.
The second table shows that at the end of the year
there were 790 cases on the register compared with
824 on the 1st January, 1936.
Deaths.
55 persons died from pulmonary tuberculosis, of
whom 33 were males and 22 females. This compares
with 32 males and 10 females for the previous year.
Nine deaths from non-pulmonary were registered, there
being five male and four female; in 1935 there were
11 deaths registered as being due to this cause.
With regard to notification of this disease, when it
comes to our knowledge that a patient has died from
this cause and no notification has been received, the
medical practitioner who last attended is approached,
and an explanation of the omission requested. In most
cases the reason given is that the doctor was of the
opinion that the case had already been notified.
In 14 instances, deaths attributed to tuberculosis
were registered in cases in respect of which no notification
under the regulations had been received; eight of
these were pulmonary and six non-pulmonary. This
gives a ratio of 25.45 per cent. of un-notified to total
deaths due to tuberculosis.
Sputum Analysis.
567 samples of sputum were submitted for analysis
during the year at the Counties' Public Health
Laboratories.