TABLE 22

CONTACT EXAMINATIONS 1965–66

1965

1966

TABLE 24

MALARIA 1962-66

DISTRIBUTION OF CASES

(According to notified place of residence)

Under 8 years of age

Tuberculin Test

Negative Positive

177

793

ITT

Urban

214

412

Year

Casca Notified

Aress

Death Controlled Sai Kung Laolau* Tai Po* District

District

District

Other Areas

Clinical examination

(of contacts showing

positive children)

Positive Mantou

Active tuberculosis

Suspicious TB.

Free of tuberculosis

Percentage of contacts found to have T.B.

Over & years of age

29

108

Inactive T.B.

(Undetermined)

188

324

AL

479

1,132

tas percentage of notified cases)

4,218

5,023

1962

754

mil

8.9

61.3

12.1

10.4

7.3

0.59%

1.63%

1963

377

I

10.9

47.3

18.6

14.3

8.7

1964

180

1

13.3

35.6

25.0

(7.2

8.9

Active tuberculosis

232

360

Results of clinical

Inactive T.B.

410

524

1965

143

1

6.3

28.0

10.5

47.5

1.7

examination following

(Undetermined)

'Contact' X-rays

Suspicious T.B.

746

1,492

1966

127

mit

102†

3.9

5.5

62.5

18.1

Free of tuberculosis

11,500

15,141

Percentage found to have acçtive T.B.

1.80%

2.04%

* Including floating population.

† Representing 7 recurrent and 6 fresh cases, the latter giving a history sugges- tive of having contracted the infection from outside the "Urban Controlled Areas.

TABLE 23

ORTHOPAEDIC TUBERCULOSIS 1961-65

ATTENDANCES AT CINICS

IDENTIFICATION OF PARASITES

(as percentage of parasites found)

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

First visits Revisits

415

397

288

201

145

ST

4,618

3,685

5,747

5,498

4,588

4,172

Year

P. vivax

P. falciparum P. malariae

Mixed infection

Species undetermined

5,033 4,092 6,085 5.729

4,734

4,239

1962...

98.1

0.4

1,3

G.L

D.I

CLASSIFICATion of Disease BY SITE

1963...

93.9

4.2

1.3

0.3

0.3

196)

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1964...

83.6

Spine

197

197

158

133

04

121

49

1.1

0.5.5

0.53

Hip Joint

[15

109

60

50

32

10

1965...

95.1

2.8

21

Others ...

103

91

70

48

30

*

1966.....

90.5

7.9

1.6

415

397

288

231

146

67

020

61

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