800
600
400
.00
Number Per Unit of Population (see Context)
Number Per Unit Of Population (See Context)
N
400
200
20
MORBIDITY RESPIRATORY
TUBERCULOSIS-1950 & 1951
175. It will be seen that the mortality figures for males are considerably higher in males at all ages than for females, the disparity increasing with age. In comparing the 1951 figures with those recorded in 1950, deaths in females are slightly in- creased, but in males there has been a marked increase in the deaths above 30 years of age.
Morbidity.
176. Notifications of tuberculosis show a marked increase over last year's figures. The comparative figures for the two years are set out below and shown according to origin:-
1950 1951
Government Tuberculosis (Harcourt) 2,959 3,858
Clinics
(Kowloon)
***
3,038
Government Institutiona
2,339
5,522
Non-Government Institutions
3,202
524
Private Practitioners
567
944
Total:
9,067
13,886
30
AGE
SO
GROUPS.
MORTALITY RESPIRATORY
TUBERCULOSIS-1950 & 1951
177. Respiratory tuberculosis notifications are set out below according to age and sex for the year 1949-1951:
Notifications of Respiratory Tuberculosis by Age and Sex for the year 1949 to 1951.
25
30
35
70
AGE GROUPS
96
ONLIN
1951
1950
Age Group
Hale Female PersoNN
Male Female Person
1940
Fele Persona
Under 1
1
98
163
30 178
59
59 118
132 295
77
79
156
40
2
177
182 359
88
48
154 38
189
168 267
68
56 124
+
177
143
320
64
62
120
97
* R
22 55
42 32
24
42
28
B
54
28
1Я
48