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Tuberculosis. 51
During the year 42 persons, not previously notified, were
certified as having died of Tuberculosis. The ratio of unnotified
Tuberculosis deaths to total Tuberculosis deaths is therefore
42 to 304.
Of the 42 unnotified deaths, 18 were certified from Institutions,
16 by private doctors, while in eight cases Tuberculosis
was discovered post mortem. In the majority of cases the
certifying doctor was asked for an explanation, but in no
case was it considered necessary to take proceedings for wilful
neglect or refusal to notify.
61 persons died within one month after notification, 84
within three months, and 103 within six months.
Patients classified as "recovered" are those who have
shown no evidence of active disease for at least five years.
This "Notification Register" contains particulars of all
persons who have been notified to the Medical Officer of Health
as suffering from Tuberculosis. It should be distinguished from
the "Dispensary Register"—referred to in Table XXVII.—
which is a list containing the names of all persons attending
at, or seen in connection with, the Dispensary for diagnosis
or treatment.
Table XXIV. gives a summary of all the cases of Tuberculosis
notified since 1904, which is the first complete year
after a voluntary system of notification was instituted in the
Borough.
The figures for the first 20 years are given in quinquennial
periods, and those for each year since 1923 are shown separately.
The number of cases reported, the number who died, recovered
or removed, and the number remaining on the register at the
end of each period are shown in this Table, for both pulmonary
and non-pulmonary forms of the disease.