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Barnes 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
Notification Register.
The Register of Notifications has been kept revised in accordance
with the requirements of the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1930. The number of cases added to or removed from the Register
during the year and the number remaining on the Register on December
31st, 1948 are as under:—
Table 13.— Tuberculosis Notification Register.
| Form of Disease. | On Register 1st jan., 1948 | Cases Added. | Removed from Register. | Remaining on Register 31st Dec.. 1948 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Motif ns | Otherwise. | Restored | Total | NonTub. | Cured | Left District | Dead | Total | |||
| Pulmonary | 320 | 40 | 19 | 5 | 384 | 3 | 11 | 40 | 20 | 74 | 310 |
| Non-Pulm'y | 63 | 5 | 3 | - | 8 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 54 |
| All Forms | 383 | 45 | 22 | 5 | 392 | 4 | 13 | 50 | 24 | 91 | 364 |
Table 14.— Tuberculosis: New Cases and Mortality, 1948.
| Age-Periods. | New Cases.* | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonarv. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| Male | Fem'le | Male | Fem'le | Male | Fem'le | Male | Fem'le | |
| 0-1 years | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1-5 „ | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — |
| 5-10 „ | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10-15 „ | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15-20 „ | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| 20-25 „ | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 25-35 „ | 14 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 35-45 „ | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 |
| 45-55 „ | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| 55-65 „ | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| 65 „ and over | 2 | — | — | - | 3 | — | — | — |
| All ages | 42 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| * In addition to primary notifications, all other new cases coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health are included in these figures. | ||||||||
Incidence-rate Pulmonary 099 A][ forms 1.11Non-pulmonary 0.12
Death-rate —Pulmonary 0.42 A11 forms 0.47
Non-pulmonary 0.05