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DEATHS PER 100,000 IN AGE GROUP

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SOU

400

300

200

100

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FIGURE 6

TUBERCULOSIS MORTALITY BY AGE & SEX 1956 & 1963

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MALE

1954

MALE

1965

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1956

FEMALE 1963

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AGE GROUP

MORBIDITY PER 100,000 IN AGE GROUP

200

1,200

1.000

Son

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FIGURE 7

TUBERCULOSIS MORBIDITY 1956 & 1965 (AS MEASURED BY NOTIFICATIONS)

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MALE 1965

MALE

1956

FEMALE

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FEMALE

1965

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Morbidity

35. Notifications of tuberculosis have fluctuated between 12,000 and 15,000 during the previous 10 years, but 1965 showed a welcome fall to 9,927. Due to the increase in population, the rate of such notifica- tions per unit of population has shown a steady downward trend and this fall was accentuated in 1965. Figure 7 shows the changes which have taken place in the age and sex specific morbidity rates (as meas- ured by notifications). It will be seen that there have been marked reductions in incidence of the disease during childhood, that there has been little change in the vulnerability of young adults between the ages of 15 and 24 and that in the oldest groups there has been an actual increase in the morbidity. The relative susceptibility of males, except in childhood, corresponds with the well-documented pattern recorded elsewhere in the world.

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AGE GROUP

Work of the Government Tuberculosis Service

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36. The Government Chest Clinics provide ambulatory chemo- therapy services for the great majority of cases of tuberculosis presenting, hospital admission being reserved for patients requiring specialized surgical, orthopaedic or medical treatment. The clinics also provide medical social work and contact tracing and supervisory services and undertake surveys of selected groups, such as Government cm- ployees and prisoners, in co-operation with the Radiological Service. In certain cases where the family depend on the patient's earnings and no other way can be found to maintain the dependants during his hospitalization. a regular financial grant can be made.

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