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TUBERCULOSIS
Of the 223 notifications of Tuberculosis received, 199 related to
pulmonary infection and 24 to non-pulmonary. The attack rate per thousand
of the population for all forms of Tuberculosis notified for the first
time (112 new cases) was 0.69 as compared with 0.73 in 1958 and 0.84 in 1957.
Details of the notified cases are as follows:-
Age groups
Primary notifications
Non-primary notifications
Pulmonary
Non-pulmonary
Pulmonary
Non- pulmonary
Male
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female
0-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1-
1
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
2-
4
-
1
-
1
-
-
-
5-
1
-
1
1
1
-
-
-
10-
-
3
-
-
-
1
-
1
15-
1
-
-
-
1
1
-
1
20-
8
6
-
2
5
13
-
1
25-
14
6
4
2
23
19
2
1
35-
11
5
2
-
10
4
-
-
45-
6
3
4
-
10
3
-
-
55-
13
3
-
-
8
-
-
-
65-
4
2
-
-
3
-
-
-
75-
1
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
Totals
64
30
13
5
64
41
2
4
Primary notifications relate to persons who had not been previously
notified in the area of any authority. The sources of information of the
111 non -primary cases were:-
"Transfers" from other areas 104
Death Returns 4
Posthumous notifications 3
In the primary non-pulmonary cases the site of the disease was:-
Males - l year Meninges
4 years Left Thigh
7 years Right Hip
26 years Spine
30 years Spine
32 years Right Tarsus
34 years Neck Glands
35 years Epididymitis
44 years Spine
47 years Pericardium
49 years Epididymis
50 years Left Kidney
50 years Kidneys
Females - 9 years Kidneys
22 years Kidneys
24 years Endometrium
25 years Left Knee
25 years Meninges