TABLE 29 TUBERCULOSIS NOTIFICATIONS 1961, 1976 AND 1982 TO 1986
TABLE 30
WORK OF TUBERCULOSIS AND CHEST SERVICE 1986
Total attendances
726 295
Other Non-
Year
Government
Chest Clinics
Other Government Institutions
Tung Wah
Group Hospicals
Government Institutions
Total
& Private Sources
Notification Rate per 100 000 population
Total patients attending (ald & new)
Number of new patients
91 396
45 958
Classification of new patients
1961
8 957
2 056
947
624
12 584
1976
4 684
507
234
2 303
7 928
397.21
175.48
I)
NSD* & Unknown
II)
Diseases other than tuberculosis
III) Non-respiratory tuberculosis
1982
4 663
594
314
1 956
7 527
142.98
1983
4 509
634
38.5
1 773
7 301
136.59
1984
5 196
506
319
1 822
7 843
145.30
1985
5 118
432
394
1 601
7 545
138.28
1986
5 096
577
254
1 505
7 432
134.33
a) Meninges
b) Bones and joints
c) Othera
IV) Respiratory tuberculosis
a) Not active and unknown activity
b) Active
1) By bacteriology and extent
Negative A1
39(0.08)
387(0.84)
6 454(14.04)
5 545(12.07)
2 356(5.13)
22 855(49.73)
10 347(22.51)
433 (0.94)
7(0.02)
A2
A3
Positive B1
B2
B3
Incomplete 01
02
03
ii) 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
291(0.63)
32(0.07)
1 502(3.27)
854(1.86)
264(0.57)
191(0.42)
42(0.09)
13(0.03)
4 894(10.65)
13(0.03)
559(1.22)
79(0.17)
45 634(99.30)
Note: Figures in brackets denote percentage of total new patients.
# Nil of significance detected.