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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
nay be brought up to date and represent a true record.
At the end of the year 424 persons were shown to be suffering
From the disease and living within the district:-
Pul. Non-Pul.
Males 222 34
Females 131 37

NEW CASES
DEATHS.
Pulmonary
Non-Pulmonary
Pulmonary
Non-Pulmonary
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
Under 1 year
-
1
-
-
-
1
-
-
1 - 4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5 - 14
2
1
2
1
-
-
1
-
15 - 24
7
9
-
1
1
-
-
-
25 - 34
16
12
2
-
3
2
2
-
35 - 44
8
2
-
2
1
2
-
-
45 - 54
8
1
-
-
4
-
-
55 - 64
6
1
-
-
3
-
-
-
65 and upwards
4
2
-
-
4
3
-
-
Totals
51
29
4
4
16
8
3
-
Of the 88 cases tabulated above 34 are cases transferred from other
districts.
The table shows a decrease compared with last year of one pulmonary
case of tuberculosis and there is no change in the non-pulmonary cases.
The deaths show an increase of one.
At the commencement of the year there were 425 cases of tuberculosis
on register and at the end of the year this figure had decreased to
424.
During the year 14 were notified as recovered from the disease,
44 Patients left the district, there were 27 deaths and 4 were notified
as being non-tuberculous.
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