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TUBERCULOSIS.
Ninety cases of tuberculosis were notified. This figure
shows an increase of twenty-six on the number for the previous
year.
The deaths from tuberculosis were one more than in 1936,
the total figure being- thirty-three.
Of the twenty-nine deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis,
seventeen died outside the district (seven males and ten females).
These deaths were transferred to Wimbledon by the RegistrarGeneral.
There were four non-pulmonary deaths (two males and
two females). One male and one female died outside the
district. The causes of death 111 these cases were as follows:—
Tuberculous Meningitis 2
Intestinal and Peritoneal Tuberculosis 1
Tuberculosis of the Kidneys 1
At the end of the year there were three hundred and
eighty-two cases remaining on the tuberculosis register, two
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