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6
PART I
CONTROL OP DISEASE
During the year there were no serious outbreaks of infectious
disease.
In addition to the compulsorily notifiable diseases medical
practitioners have been requested to notify on a voluntary basis
all cases of acute rheumatism in children under 16 years.
Tuberculosis
In 1951 there were 201 new cases of tuberculosis notified,
an increase of 27 on the previous year. 192 of these notifications
were in respect of cases of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis numbered 33 (21 males
and 12 females), and non-pulmonary tuberculosis caused 2 deaths
(2 females). The death rate from all forms of tuberculosis was
0.276 per 1,000 population, the lowest ever recorded for the
borough.
The number of cases on the Department's register at 31st
December, 1951 was 1,595 (1,414 pulmonary and 181 non-pulmonary
tuberculosis). This was an increase of 130 on the previous year.
An analysis of the notifications of new cases of pulmonary
tuberculosis discloses that nearly 60% more males than females
were affected. The frequency distribution tables for males and
females shows a marked difference between the two sexes. Whilst
the disease appears to attack males of all age groups, the females
affected are mainly in the teens or twenties.