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From the point of view of age grouping, it is found that
7.0 per cent. of the total notifications of pulmonary tuberculosis
which were received were in respect of children under 15 years,
and 93.0 per cent. were in respect of persons over 15 years. As
regards non-pulmonary tuberculosis, 47.2 per cent. were children
under 15 years, and 52.8 per cent. were individuals over 15 years.
The corresponding figures for the previous year were 5.4 per cent. and
94.6 per cent. in respect of pulmonary tuberculosis, and
46.7 per cent. and 53.3 per cent. in respect of non-pulmonary
tuberculosis.
Table I. gives details regarding the ages of notification
of pulmonary and non-pulmonary cases respectively. The figures
for primary notifications at all ages represent the total new cases
of tuberculosis which were formally notified to the medical officer
of health during the year. These figures are printed in bold type.
Table II. gives the age grouping of cases of tuberculosis
which came to the notice of the medical officer of health, otherwise
than by formal notification, during the year.