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TUBERCULOSIS
Of the 173 notifications of Tuberculosis received, 159 related to pulmonary
infection and 14 to non pulmonary. The attack rate per thousand of the population
for all forms of Tuberculosis notified for the first time (111 new cases)
was 0.68 as compared with 0.64 in 1960 and 0.69 in 1959.

Primary notifications relate to persons who had not been previously
notified in the area of any authority. The sources of information of the 62
non-primary cases were
"Transfers" from other areas 58
Posthumous notification 4
In the eleven primary non-pulmonary cases the site of the disease was -
Males - 12& years Alimentary canal
29 years Left ankle
30 years Left epididymis
53 years Bladder
Females - 6 years Cervical glands
16 years Meninges
19 years Cervical lymph nodes
20 years Cervical glands
21 years Peritoneum
25 years Neck
59 years Lumbar spine