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The total number of new cases of tuberculosis
notified during the year was 149 ; of these, 64 males
and 46 females suffered from the pulmonary and 23
males and 16 females from the non-pulmonary type.
In addition, there were brought to notice other than by
primary notification, 39 pulmonary and 19 nonpulmonary
cases; these were transferred into the
district. Also 66 pulmonary cases and 37 nonpulmonary
cases were transferred out of the area.
The second table shows that at the end of the year
there were 838 cases on the register compared with
790 on the 1st January, 1937.
Deaths.
52 persons died from pulmonary tuberculosis, of
whom 26 were males and 26 females. This compares
with 33 males and 22 females for the previous year,
ten deaths from non-pulmonary tuberculosis were
registered, there being seven male and three female;
in 1936 there were nine 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