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Sources of primary notification were from Chest Clinic, Hospitals and Sanatoria and
general practitioners.
The 10 non-respiratory cases notified are as follows:-
Fallopian Tubes 1
Sinus, right thigh 1
Meninges 2
Kidney 2
Glands 2
Spine 2
DEATHS. During the year 17 cases (9 males and 8 females) died from tuberculosis
compared with 13 deaths in the previous year, One of these deaths, a female, was caused by
a non-respiratory form of the disease. The death rate from the respiratory form of the disease
was 0.10 per 1,000 of the population as compared with 0.10 for England and Wales.
The table below shows the age and sex distribution in respect of the deaths from
tuberculosis during the year:-
Age Groups
Respiratory
Non-respiratory
M.
F.
M.
F.
0-1
-
-
-
-
5-11
-
-
-
-
15 - 21
-
-
-
1
25 - 11
-
2
-
-
15-61
7
3
-
-
65 years and over
2
2
-
-
TOTALS:
9
7
-
1
O.98 per cent of the deaths in the Borough from all causes was due to Tuberculosis.
The incidence of notifications, and of the deaths from tuberculosis in the Borough over
the past 11 years can be compared from the figures given below. The rates per 1,000 of the
population in each case are also shown.
Notifications of Tuberculosis
Respiratory
tfon-respirat ory
Year
Number
Rate per 1,000
population
Number
Rate per 1,000
population
1917
167
0.97
21
0.11
1918
192
1.10
36
0.21
1919
173
0.99
36
0.21
1950
158
0.91
20
0.12
1951
192
1.13
18
0.10
1952
130
0.76
19
0.11
1953
199
1.18
18
0.11
1951
167
0.99
22
0.13
1955
115
0.86
7
0.01
1956
119
0.71
11
0.06
1957
105
0.61
10
0.06
11