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Barnes 1959
[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,
1952. The number of cases added to or removed from the Register
during the year and the number remaining on the Register on
December 31st, 1959 are as under : —
Table 9. — Tuberculosis Register.
| Form of Disease | On Register, 1st Jan., 1959 | Cases Added | Removed from Register | Remaining on Register, 31st Dec. 1959 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Notif'ns | Otherwise | Restored | Total | Non-Pul. | Cured | Left District | * Dead | Total | |||
| Pulmonary | 211 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 252 | 1 | 53 | 16 | 7 | 77 | 175 |
| Non-Pulm'y | 20 | 1 | 4 | – | 25 | - | 5 | - | 1 | 6 | 19 |
| Totals | 231 | 20 | 25 | 1 | 277 | 1 | 58 | 16 | 8 | 83 | 194 |
* Includes 5 Pulmonary cases deceased from other causes.
Includes 1 Non-Pulmonary case deceased from other causes.
Table 10. — Tuberculosis: New Cases and Mortality, 1959.
| Age-Periods | New Cases* | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| Male | Fem'le | Male | Fem'le | Male | Fem'le | Male | Fem'le | |
| 1- 5 years | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5-14 „ | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15-24 „ | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25-44 „ | 11 | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 45-64 „ | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 65 „ and over | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| All ages | 23 | 18 | 3 | 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 1.05
(per l.ooo population) Non-Pulmonary 0-13 All forms 1.18
Death-rate—Pulmonary 0.05
(per l ,000 population) Non-Pulmonary Nil