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Tuberculosis
Two persons died from tuberculosis during 1958, giving a death
rate of 0.029 per 1,000 population. This is the lowest number of
deaths recorded.
Twenty-nine new cases were notified and this figure is the same
as in the previous year, when it was reported as the lowest number
per year of new notifications on record. The case rate per 1,000
population was 0.42.
One child of school age and two under school age were found
to be suffering from tuberculosis of the lungs.
Close co-operation between the Public Health Department, the
Area Health Office and the Chest Clinic in the constant search for
possible sources of infection in new cases of tuberculosis continues.
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