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The total of 442 gives a rate of 7.5 per 1,000 population,
which compares with 7.2 for the year 1936.
Eighty-four new cases were notified, or otherwise
revealed to me during 1937, which is one less than the
previous year; of this figure 71 were pulmonary tuberculosis
cases, 41 males and 30 females, and the remainder, 13,
were other forms of tuberculosis, seven males and six
females. No part of the district had a predominance of
cases, the incidence being fairly evenly spread throughout
the wards.
The total of 442 cases compares with 410 cases for
1936. Although there is a decrease of one in the number
of cases notified to me during 1937, this does not take into
account adjustment to be made in the register for deaths,
recovered patients and removals from the area; these in all
amounted to 52 during 1937, thus leaving a net increase in
the register of 32 cases at the end of the year.
Thirty-two deaths were recorded, of which 27 were
from tuberculosis of the respiratory system (19 males and
eight females) and five from other forms of tuberculosis
(four males and one female).