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Of the 80 cases who transferred here while suffering from
tuberculosis, 61 were known of within six months of transfer and a
further seven within the twelvemonth. Six were learned of in their
second year of residence, three in the third, but three had been
here for three or more years.
42 cases (14 male and 28 female) of non-pulmonary disease
were learned of during the year, being a rate of 0.24 per 1,000
population compared with the figure of 0.36 for England and Wales
for the year 1936. Of these, 13 were notified as suffering from the
disease before they moved into this district. In almost one-half of
the cases bones or joints were affected, the remaining cases being
almost equally divided into lesions of the cervical glands and
abdominal tuberculosis. Roughly the same proportions hold for
those who contracted the disease locally, though these included
two cases of genito-urinary tuberculosis and one case of meningitis.
In none of the non-pulmonary cases was a family history of tuberculosis
obtained, and almost invariably the milk supply was
pasteurized.

Per 100,000 total population the numbers of pulmonary cases
on the register at the end of the year were 163 male and 139 female,
the comparable figures for the country as a whole at the end of
1935 being 292, and 252. The corresponding local figures for nonpulmonary
tuberculosis were 3.2 and 2.5, and for England and
Wales 12 and 11.5.