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TUBERCULOSIS,
(a) NOTIFICATIONS, One hundred and nineteen new cases of tuberculosis (75 males
and 44 females) were notified during 1956, a decrease of 33 cases on the previous year's
figure of 152,
ii %
The age and sex distribution of the cases notified was as follows:-
Age Groups
Respiratory
Non-respiratory
M.
F.
M.
F.
0-4
- * —
2
-
1
5-14-
6
8
-
-
15 - 24-
11
10
1
1
25 - 4-4-
24 '
16
2
2
45 . - 64 •
29
8
3
-
65 years and over
5
-
1
-
TOTALS:
75
44
7
4
The following table shows the totals of primary notifications of tuberculosis
among children up to 5 years during the past 10 years.
PRIMARY NOTIFICATIONS OF CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS.
(Children under 5)
Age
1 .
194-6
19^7
194-8
19^9
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
Under 1 year
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
-
-
-
1 year
)
3
6
7
1
3
3
2
4
2
)
) 5
21
)
2-4 years
)
7
13
10
9
5
9
7
4
1
TOTALS:
6
22
12
21
19
11
9
14
9
8
3
Sources of primary notification were from Chest Clinic, Hospitals and Sanatoria and
general practitioners.
The 11 non-respiratory cases notified are as follows:-
Abdomen 3
Bones and joints 3
G1 and s 5
(b) DEATHS. During the year 13 cases died from tuberculosis compared with 30
deaths in the previous year - this is the lowest figure ever reoorded, Two of these
deaths were caused by a non-respiratory form of the disease. The 11 deaths due to
respiratory tuberculosis were all males. The death rate from this form of the disease
was 0.06 per 1,000 of the population as compared with 0.10 for England and Wales,
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