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Tuberculosis
During- the year 71 new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis
were notified, comprising 36 males and 35 females.
Fourteen non-pulmonary cases were notified, consisting of
5 males and 9 females.
There were 21 deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis, 11
males and 10 females, and 3 deaths from non-pulmonary
tuberculosis, 2 males and 1 female.
In 20.8 per cent, of the cases dying from tuberculosis
no previous notification had been received.
Dr. Dobson, the Tuberculosis Officer, has been good
enough to supply me with the following figures: —
Number of patients Diagnosed as non-tubercular 40
examined for nrst Diagnosed as tubercular 38
time during 1933 Undiagnosed and under observation —
Number of tubercular
cases transferred
into district 6
Number of cases sufferring
from tuberculosis
examined at
the dispensary
ing 1933 170
Number of cases under
observation at
the dispensary, etc.,
on 31/12/33 137
No cases were dealt with during the year under the
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1925, or the Public Health Act, 1925, Section 62.
The death-rate from tuberculosis of all forms is .39 per
1,000 of the population, the lowest ever recorded.
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