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TUBERCULOSIS
On 31st December 1950 there were on the register eight
hundred and seventy two cases of Tuberculosis, of whom seven
hundred and seven were pulmonary cases and one hundred and
sixty five non-Pulmonary cases The death rate from Pulmonary
Tuberculosis was 0.17 per 1000 of population, and for nonPulmonary
Tuberculosis was 0.00. The total death rate for
Tuberculosis was 0.17 per 1000 of population, compared with
0.49 per 1000 of population in 1949 Corresponding death rates
for England and Wales in 1950 were Pulmonary 0 31 per 1000 of
population; non-Pulmonary, 0.04 per 1000 of population; total
rate, 0.35 per 1000 of population
The number of new cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis was sixty
five compared with sixty nine in 1949 The number of new cases
of non-pulmonary Tuberculosis was eleven, compared with six in
1949.
The continued decline in the death rate from Tuberculosis is
satisfactory and is in keeping with the progressive stabilisation
of domestic and social conditions after the upheaval of war The
scientific advances achieved in mass radiography and protective
vaccination are bound to exert an influence on the incidence of
infection, but can only be fully effective if they are coupled
with improved housing conditions and adequate accommodation in
Sanatoria and hospitals
The continued occurrence of cases of non-Pulmonary
Tuberculosis calls for complete control of the milk supply of
the country by pasteurisation or designation Within this
Borough all milk sold is efficiently pasteurised or designated
The Tuberculosis Care Committee has continued to give
comfort and support to many patients, In addition to the
provision of clothing bedding and extra nourishment, the
Committee has been able to give substantial help in the
provision of holidays for children who are contacts of the
disease, and to contribute towards the reablement of many
patients, The valuable work of Mr. Stevens the Almoner for
Tuberculosis, has been greatly appreciated
The scheme for allowances to patients operated beneficially
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