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Of the total number of deaths from Tuberculosis
there were three of patients who had not
been notified.
There was an increase compared with last year
of six new Pulmonary cases of Tuberculosis, while
new Non-Pulmonary cases show a decrease of four
under last year.
The deaths from Tuberculosis all forms show
an increase of two.
Of the total new cases 29 are resident in new
houses and 27 in old.
At the commencement of the year there were
132 cases of Tuberculosis on the register and at
the close of the year the figure was 141. During
the year 47 cases were removed from the register
owing to recovery, leaving the district or death,
and 56 new cases were added to the register. Of
the 56 new cases it is interesting to note that 36
of these were new cases first notified in this district
and that 20 were cases of persons coming to reside
in the area.