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The total number of pulmonary cases on the Registers
throughout the country on December 31st, 1933, was 227,775,
of whom 122,398 were males and 105,377 females. The corresponding
figures for non-pulmonary cases were 100,014, 51,347
and 48,667. Per 100,000 population of the country as a whole,
the number of pulmonary cases on the registers were 306 for
males and 263 for females, the local corresponding figures being
245 and 205. The corresponding national figures for non-pulmonary
tuberculosis were for males 128 and females 122, the local figures
being 42 and 55.
During the year there were notified 121 cases of pulmonary
tuberculosis and 18 of non-pulmonary disease. In addition there
were brought to notice other than by primary notification 20
pulmonary and 4 non-pulmonary cases, these being mostly of persons
who had transferred to the district suffering from the disease.
In 1933 the rates per thousand population in England and
Wales of formal notifications were 1.10 for pulmonary cases and
0.35 for non-pulmonary cases. The local rates for last year on the
basis of a population of 132,049 were 0'91 and 013.
62 persons died from pulmonary tuberculosis during the
year, of whom 30 were male and 32 female. One half of the
males were at death between 15 and 34, and 19 of the females
between the ages of 14 and 31. Of the 15 deaths from nonpulmonary
tubercular causes, seven occurred in males and eight
in females. More than half these deaths were due to meningitis,
mostly in infants under three years of age.
The death rate per 100,000 population for males from
pulmonary tuberculosis was 22.6 and for females 24.2, compared
with figures of 39.6 and 30.0 for the country as a whole in 1933.
The corresponding local figures for non-pulmonary tuberculosis
were 5.3 and 6.0, compared with figures of 7.2 and 6.3 for England
and Wales in 1933.
119 samples of sputum were submitted for analysis during the
year at the Laboratories of the Clinical Research Association.
No action was taken during the year under Section 62 of the
Public Health Act, 1925, for the compulsory removal to hospital
of any infectious tubercular person.
Prevention of Blindness.
No special action was taken under Section 66 of the Public
Health Act, 1925, for the prevention of blindness or for the treatment
of persons suffering from any disease or injury to the eyes.