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TUBERCULOSIS.
Under the public Health Tuberculosis Regulations a register of all
notifications is kept and weekly returns of cases are sent to the County
Medical Officer. The continual movement of cases from one district to
another requires constant supervision so that particulars may be brought
up to date and represent a true record.

Of the 86 cases tabulated above, 23 are cases transferred from
districts.
The table shows an increase compared with last year of 11 pulmonary
cases of tuberculosis, and the non-pulmonary cases show an increase c.
The deaths show an increase of 8.
At the commencement of the year there were 420 cases of tuberculosis
on the register, and at the end of the year this figure had increased
to 425.
During the year 25 were notified as recovered from the disease,
27 patients left the district, there were 28 deaths and 1 case was
notified as being non-tuberculosis.
Of the 60 primary cases shown overleaf 11 males and 5 females were
admitted to sanatoria.
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