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Medical and Health Departmental Reports 醫務衛生署年報 All

It will be seen from the above that total population and notifica- tions of tuberculosis have each reached their highest level and that the recent unfavourable trend of the tuberculosis death-rate has continued. Tuberculosis of the meninges accounts for 20% of all tuberculosis deaths as compared to 22% last year while the age distribution of the disease remains substantially as before.

Year

TOTAL DEATHS OF TUBERCULAR (MENINGITIS).

Total Deaths from Tubercular Meningitia

1946

169

1047

204

1948

347

1940

1960

680

850

DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM BY

AGE AND SEX-1950,

AANK

Total

Age Group

Male

Female

Under I

48

43

1

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14

49

93

3.9

28

67

36

29

26

26

17

17

34

We ha

13

21

24

47

06

57

162

SAMMENGENAKANAN

128

77

Makk

180

100

35-39

153

82

40–44

182

63

45-49

122

56

177

50-64

GERMANITARIA

101

56

154

55-69

JANAJEMEN MEREKA JIN

47

112

60-64

41

76

ས་ཐོན་པ་བ་བདམ་པའི་

36

24

09

70-74

JAR JUJURADONA

11

13

24

75-79 80-84

VARIATION JOROKORON PA

1

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Percentage beloner

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9

5 years of age

15

10--14 -19 20-24

25-29

66

30-34

81

85

26

85.6

The percentage of deaths due to tuberculosis (other forms) and the age distribution are not significantly different from the 1949 figures.

TOTAL DEATHS OF TUBERCULOSIS (OTHER FORMS).

Total:

1,383

832

2025SERESAFET

2.105

Year

Total Deathe from Tuberculosis (other forma)

Percentage below

5 years of age

1946

****ANTAN

1947

1948

1949

1950

174

170

171

325

442

52

67

67

77

Notification of tuberculosis has been compulsory since 1939. Below are set out the notifications classified according to origin. It is of interest to note that only 567 cases of tuberculosis were notified by the 345 registered medical practitioners not in Government Service, an average of about 1.6 notification per practitioner per year.

NOTIFICATIONS OF TUBERCULOSIS (ALL FORMS) CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO ORIGIN,

Tuberculosis of the respiratory system accounted for 11.7% of deaths from all causes as against 10.5% and 10.6% in 1949 and 1948 respectively. This increase must be regarded as a true increase, and while apparent at all ages, it is most outstanding in the under 5 years age groups. Excluding the under 5 age group the proportion of deaths from respiratory tuberculosis to deaths from all causes is practically unchanged.

Harcourt T.B. Clinic

Government Institutions

Non-Government Institutions

Private Practitioners

Total:

76

J

2,959

2,339

3,202

567

9,067

77

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