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Barnes 1962
[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, 1962 are as under:—
Table 10. — Tuberculosis Register.
| Form of Disease | On Register, 1st Jan., 1962 | Cases Added | Removed from Register | Remaining on Register, 31st Dec. 1962 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Notif'ns | Otherwise | Restored | Total | Cured | Left District | Dead | Total | |||
| Pulmonary | 151 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 189 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 152 |
| Non-Pulm'y | 12 | 1 | 1 | - | 14 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 11 |
| Totals | 163 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 203 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 40 | 163 |
Table 11. — New Cases and Mortality, 1962.
| 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 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5-14 „ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15-24 „ | 1 | 1 | - | _ | - | - | - | - |
| 25-44 „ | 9 | 5 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 45-64 „ | 9 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 65 „ and over | 8 | 2 | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | - | - |
| All ages | 27 | 11 | - | 2 | 7 | 4 | - | - |
* 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 00 All forms 1.02
(per l,ooo population) Non-Pulmonary 0 02
Death-rate—Pulmonary 0.28
(per l ,000 population) Non-Pulmonary NIL