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Tuberculosis.
During the year 60 new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis
were notified comprising 26 males and 34 females. Five
non-pulmonary cases were notified comprising 3 males and
2 females.
There were 22 deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis as
compared with 26 in 1936, and 2 from non-pulmonary tuberculosis,
the same as in 1936. This gives a total of 24 deaths
from all forms of tuberculosis, 14 males and 10 females.
The death rate for the disease is 0.37 per 1,000 of the
population.
In 29.2% 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 119
examined for first Diagnosed as tubercular 43
time during 1937 Undiagnosed and under observation 3
Number of tubercular
cases transferred
into district 6
Number of cases suffering
from tuberculosis
examined at
the dispensary during
1937 184
Number of cases under
observation at
the dispensary, etc.,
on 31/12/37 133
37