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The occupations of cases of tuberculosis notified during the
year have been classified under 11 headings and are shown in Table
XII below with the comparable figures for the year 1951.

There is a slight rise in the number of new notifications of
tuberculosis. The actual figure is 107 compared with last year's
total of 103. This figure, however, is a good one when considered
with the information given in the paragraph on Mass X-ray in which
it can be seen that 18 unsuspected cases were found by Mass X-ray
which might have been expected to give a substantial rise in the
notification figures. The fall in deaths from tuberculosis is very
gratifying - from 34 in 1950 to 25 in 1951, then to 15 in 1952.
There were on the Register at the end of 1952, 994 names of
persons known to have been suffering from tuberculosis. It was
noticed that in some cases no information had been received for
some considerable time, and it was decided to make a careful
scrutiny of all case records. This was carried out and it appears
that after further investigation some 200 cases, particularly cases
of long standing, can be removed next year from the register as
cured or transferred to another district.
Extremely good liaison is now maintained with the Regional
Board Chest Clinics, which means that there is fuller and earlier
exchange of relevant information than in former years.
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