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The age and sex distribution in respect of pulmonary tuberculosis deaths and notifications recorded in 1950 have been standardised per unit of population based on the sample survey of population 1950 and are reprodused here graphically. The age groups below 15 years are not included as no information is available as to the total mabers.
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MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY.
RESPIRATORY TUBERCULOSIS.
MORBIDITY MALES
400
MORBIDITY
FEMALES
200
20 25
MORTALITY
MALES
MORTALITY
FEMALES.
30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65
AGE
GROUPS,
The numbers of cases of tuberculosis first reporsed on death dertificates is not known. The notifications are tabulated below according to origin,
It is noteworthy that a very small proportion of the total number of notifications were made by general practitioners.
Institutions
1948 1949 1950
Government Tuberculosim
Sarv oe
2736 3145 2959
Government Institutiona
Non-Govt. Institutions
1123
3006
2339
2720 3202
Private Practitioners
537
522
567
Total :
6279 7510
9067
Climate
The climate is subtropical and the seasonal variations are well marked. The year may be divided into the warm humid rainy season and the gooler dry season, The mean annual rainfall is 84, 26 inches, three quarters of which falls between the months of lay and September,
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