TABLE 28
TUBERCULOSIS NOTIFICATIONS 1961, 1967 AND 1973 TO 1977
Government
Year
Chest Clinics
Other Gov't Institutions
Tung Wah
Group Hospitals
Other Non-Gov't Institutions
& Private Sources
Total
Notification Rate per 100,000 population
*
1961
8,957
2,056
947
624
12,584
397.2
1967
11,917
1,167
563
1,606
15.253
409.7
1973
5,340
556
226
2,030
8,152
193.5
1974
5,522
397
323
2,078
8,320
192.6
1975
4,886
983
254
2,469
8,192
186.4
1976
4,684
507
234
2,503
7.928
178.4
1977
4,40€
489
226
2,070
7.191
159.3
Rates for the years 1973 to 1977, based on revised population estimates after 1976 By-census
20,665 (52.5) 5.925 (15.0)
Total attendances
TABLE 29
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WORK OF TUBERCULOSIS AND CHEST SERVICE 1977
Total patients attending (old & new)
Number of new patients
Classification of new patiente
I) N.S.D. & Unknown
II) Diseases other than tuberculosis
III) Non-respiratory tuberculosis
a) Meninges
b) Bones and joints
c)
Others
IV) Respiratory tuberculosis
1) Not active and unknown activity 11) Active
a) By bacteriology and extant
Negative
1,159,223 90,368
39,395
420 ( 1.1)
3 (0.01)
7 (0.02)
410 (1.04)
7.115 (18.1} 5,018 (12.7)
1,217 (3.1)
276 (0.7)
A1
A2
A3
62 (0.2)
Positive
B1
1,093 (2.8)
B2
1,139 (2.9)
B3
691 (1.8)
Incomplete
01
406 (1.0)
02
105 (0.3)
03
29 (0.1)
3,625 (9.2)
46 (0.1)
1,162 (2.9)
185 (0.5)
39,143 (99.4)
b) By previous history and treatment
No previous history of tuberculosis Previously diagnosed, no treatment Previously diagnosed, with treatment Previous history not known
Total with examination completed
Note: Figures in brackets denote percent of total new patients
# Nil of significance detected