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Barnes 1964
[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, 1964 are as under:—
Table 10.— Tuberculosis Register.
| Form of Disease | On Register 1st Jan., 1964 | Cases Added | Removed from Register | Remaining on Register 31st Dec. 1964 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Notif’ns | Otherwise | Restored | Total | Cured | Left District | Dead | Total | |||
| Pulmonary | 157 | 12 | 8 | - | 177 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 31 | 146 |
| Non-Pulm'y | 9 | 1 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | 10 | 10 |
| Totals | 166 | 13 | 8 | - | 187 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 41 | 156 |
Table 11.— New Cases and Mortality, 1964.
| Age-Periods | New Cases1 | 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 | - | - | - 1 | - | - | - |
| 25-44 „ | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 45-64 „ | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 65 „ and over | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - |
| All ages | 7 | 5 | 1 | - | 6 | 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 0.52
(per 1,000 population) Non-Pulmonary 0.03
Death-rate—Pulmonary 0.18
(per 1,000 population) Non-Pulmonary —
All form 0.55
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