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TABLE 29

WORK OF TUBERCULOSIS AND CHEST SERVICE 1980

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TUBERCULOSIS NOTIFICATIONS 1961, 1970 AND 1976 TO 1980

Total attendances

Total patients attending (old & new)

Number of new patients

837,594

99,310

51,902

Classification of new pati ente

Government

Tear

Chest Clinica

Other Govt.

Institutiona

Tung Wah

Group Hospitals

Other Non-govt. Instituti QRUBS

Notifiosti on

I) NSD & Unknown

Total

Rate per

& Private

100,000

Sources

population*

1961

8,957

2,056

947

624

12,584

1970

7,061

494

443

2,079

10,077

397.21

254.53

IV) Respiratory tuberculosis

1976

4,684

507

234

2,503

7,928 178.41

1977

4,406

489

226

2,070

7,191

159.45

II) Diseases other than tuberculosi, B

III) Non-respiratory tubercul oad a

a) Meningee

b) Bones and joints

c) Others

i) Not active and unknown activity ii) dotiva

1978

3,897

556

244

1,926

6,623

144.07

1979

4,632

677

281

2,317

7,907

162.08

1980

5,228

584

252

2,001

8,065 160.07

* Rates for the years 1977 to 1980 based on revised

population estimates after 1981 Census.

29,531 (56.90) 7,632 (14.70) 379 (0.73)

7 (0.01)

36 (0.07)

336 (0.65)

8,108 (15.62)

5,964 (11.49)

a) Dy bacteriology and extent

Negative

A1

1,809 (3.49)

A2

308 (0.59)

43

85 (0.16)

Positive 31

1,284 (2.47)

12

1,058 (2.04)

B3

625 (1.20)

Incomplete 01

661 (1.27)

02

03

101 (0.19)

33 (0.06)

b) By previous history and treatment

No previous history of tuberculosis 4,986 (9.61) Previously diagnosed, no treatment 37 (0.07) Previously diagnosed, with treatment 785 (1.51) Previous history not known

156 (0.30)

Total with examination completed

Note: Figures in brackets denote percent of total new patients

# Nil of significance detected

51,614 (99.45)