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TUBERCULOSIS.
Vaccination Against Tuberculosis.
Each year children who have reached their 13th year are offered
vaccination against tuberculosis with B.C.G. (Bacille Calmette-
Guerin).
The inoculation is preceded by a Mantoux skin test which
indicates whether or not the child has already been infected with
tuberculosis.
Those who have already been infected are not given the inoculation
but they are investigated by X-Rays and by enquiries regarding
home contacts.
The object of the scheme is to provide resistance to tuberculosis
during the adolescent period when children are most susceptible to
the infection.
During 1959 a total of 525 boys and girls were inoculated with
B.C.G. in the Northern Division (Richmond and Barnes).
NOTIFICATIONS:
Respiratory Tuberculosis.
Twenty-nine cases of respiratory tuberculosis were notified
during the year, viz:—18 males and 11 females. The corresponding
figure for 1958 was 29.
Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis.
Four new cases of non-respiratory tuberculosis were notified
during the year and there were no deaths from this cause. Three
such cases were notified during 1958.
TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER.
After all additions and deletions had been taken into account the
number of cases of tuberculosis remaining upon the Register at the
close of the year was as under:— Non-
Pulmonary Pulmonary
Males 118 10
Females 64 10
182 20
Corresponding figures for 1958 213 22