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There were only three instances where a notification was not
received, and in these cases the deaths were certified on inquests.
There were, however, 14 deaths certified as due to tuberculosis
of persons who had not previously been notified under the
Regulations, and in accordance with the circular letter 549 of
the Ministry of Health, dated 22nd December, 1924, the attention
of the medical attendant in each case was called to their
neglect. In every case the explanation was satisfactory.
It will be seen from the preceding table that the average
annual number of deaths from tuberculosis has progressively
decreased during the period in question, the decline from the
period 1898-1900 to the year 1926, being equal to 58" 1 per cent.
There is good reason to believe that the Borough Council's
Tuberculosis Scheme is doing valuable work, although much
might be done in the direction of improving the present scheme.

Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912.
Under these Regulations 1,077 notifications of tuberculosis
were received during the year, of which 898 were pulmonary
and 179 non-pulmonary.