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Of the total number of deaths from Tuberculosis
there were two of patients who had not been notified.
There was a decrease compared with last year
of eight new Pulmonary cases of Tuberculosis, while
new Non-Pulmonary cases show an increase of two
over last year.
The deaths from Tuberculosis all forms show
an increase of nine.
Of the total new cases 29 are resident in new
houses and 25 in old.
At the commencement of the year there were
123 cases of Tuberculosis on the register and at the
close of the year the figure was 132. During the
year 45 cases were removed from the register owing
to recovery, leaving the district or death, and 54
new cases were added to the register. Of the 54
new cases it is interesting to note that 40 of these
were new cases first notified in this district and that
14 were cases of persons coming to reside in the
area.