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TUBERCULOSIS.
During the year under review the Tuberculosis
Register has been corrected by the removal of all
cases under the headings:—Cured, arrested, diagnosis
not confirmed, lost sight of, left the district, or died,
and the addition of all new cases notified, in accordance
with the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations.
The details of these removals and additions are
as follows :—
Pulmonary.
Non-Pulmonary.
Males.
Females.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Number of cases on the
Register at commencement
of 1931
484
501
273
259
1,517
Number of cases removed
during the
year
10S
96
21
24
249
376
405
252
235
1,268
Number of cases notified
for the first time
during 1931
152
123
36
42
353
528
528
288
277
1,621
In Table IV (page 34) the notifications received
during the year are classified according to the ages
of the persons affected and the number of cases notified
in each ward of the borough are also given.
Mortality from Tuberculosis.
Respiratory System:—
146 deaths
90 males, 56 females.
Death rate
0.97 per 1,000, being 0.21
higher than in 1930.
130 notified (89.0 per cent.)
16 not notified (11.0 per cent.). Of these 16 cases, two
were notified after death; six died in institutions.
Other Tuberculous Diseases:—
23 deaths
13 males, 10 females.
Death rate
0.15 per thousand, as compared
with 0.10 in 1930.
13 notified (56.5 per cent.).
10 not notified (43.5 per cent.). Of these 10, one was
notified after death and seven died in institutions.