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TABLE 28

TUBERCULOSIS NOTIFICATIONS 1961, 1967 AND 1973 TO 1977

Government

Year

Chest Clinics

Other Gov't Institutions

Tung Wah

Group Hospitals

Other Non-Gov't Institutions

& Private Sources

Total

Notification Rate per 100,000 population

*

1961

8,957

2,056

947

624

12,584

397.2

1967

11,917

1,167

563

1,606

15.253

409.7

1973

5,340

556

226

2,030

8,152

193.5

1974

5,522

397

323

2,078

8,320

192.6

1975

4,886

983

254

2,469

8,192

186.4

1976

4,684

507

234

2,503

7.928

178.4

1977

4,40€

489

226

2,070

7.191

159.3

Rates for the years 1973 to 1977, based on revised population estimates after 1976 By-census

20,665 (52.5) 5.925 (15.0)

Total attendances

TABLE 29

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WORK OF TUBERCULOSIS AND CHEST SERVICE 1977

Total patients attending (old & new)

Number of new patients

Classification of new patiente

I) N.S.D. & Unknown

II) Diseases other than tuberculosis

III) Non-respiratory tuberculosis

a) Meninges

b) Bones and joints

c)

Others

IV) Respiratory tuberculosis

1) Not active and unknown activity 11) Active

a) By bacteriology and extant

Negative

1,159,223 90,368

39,395

420 ( 1.1)

3 (0.01)

7 (0.02)

410 (1.04)

7.115 (18.1} 5,018 (12.7)

1,217 (3.1)

276 (0.7)

A1

A2

A3

62 (0.2)

Positive

B1

1,093 (2.8)

B2

1,139 (2.9)

B3

691 (1.8)

Incomplete

01

406 (1.0)

02

105 (0.3)

03

29 (0.1)

3,625 (9.2)

46 (0.1)

1,162 (2.9)

185 (0.5)

39,143 (99.4)

b) 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

Note: Figures in brackets denote percent of total new patients

# Nil of significance detected