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Tuberculosis.
During the year 74 new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis
were notified comprising 47 males and 27 females. Fourteen
non...pulmonary cases were notified comprising 4 males and
10 females.
There were 22 deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis, the
same as in 1937, and 4 from non...pulmonary tuberculosis as
compared with 2 in 1937. This gives a total of 26 deaths
from all forms of tuberculosis, 16 males and 10 females.
The death rate for the disease is 0.39 per 1,000 of the
population.
In 15.38% 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 87
examined for first Diagnosed as tubercular 53
time during 1938 Undiagnosed and under observation 1
Number of tubercular
cases transferred
into district 21
Number of cases suffering
from tuberculosis
examined at
the dispensary during
1938 219
Number of cases under
observation at
the dispensary, etc.,
on 31/12/38 163
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