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DEATHE PER 20050 IN AGE_GROUP

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B

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TUBERCULOSIS MORTALITY BY AGE & SEX 1955-1957 A 1966 - 1967

础

AGE ĢIMP

45

KALLE 1955-B57.

Morbidity

38. Notifications of tuberculosis during 1967 showed a very con- siderable increase over the previous years. This, however, does not represent a deterioration in the overall tuberculosis position in the Colony but rather reflects the thorough re-organization of statistics which has been taking place as stated in paragraph 36 and the intensified case finding programme. During the year a separate notification form for tuberculosis was prepared for introduction later in 1968. Figure 7 shows the changes which have taken place in the age and sex specific notification rates. It will be seen that there have been marked reductions in the incidence of the disease during childhood, that there has been little change in the vulnerability of adolescents and that there has been some reduction in the incidence amongst middle-aged adults. The relative susceptibility of males, except in childhood, corresponds with the well-documented pattern recorded elsewhere in the world.

FIGURE 7

TUBERCULOSIS NOTIFICATIONS BY AGE & SEX 1935 - 1957 & 1965 - 1967

FIGURE 6

TUBERCULOSIS MORTALITY A B.C.G. VACCINATION OF NEW-BORNS

1953 - 1967

Kol

(MORTALITY RATES EXPRESSED AS PERCENTAGE OF 1953 RATES)

199

PERCENTAGE

BLOG KADCINATION OF ALL HEW BORKS IN INSTITUTEM

„JOTAL MORTALITY

MANUMERAT MORTALITY

FG ST 58 59

G

TEAR

12

SPEND AUF KL-SZEJA ERA EMGEREINAZIONE

Work of the Government Chest Service

39. The Government Chest Clinics provide ambulatory chemo- therapy services for the great majority of cases of tuberculosis, hospital admission being reserved for emergencies, cases requiring investigation, and those requiring second-line drugs or surgical intervention. Increasing

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