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800

600

400

.00

Number Per Unit of Population (see Context)

Number Per Unit Of Population (See Context)

N

400

200

20

MORBIDITY RESPIRATORY

TUBERCULOSIS-1950 & 1951

175. It will be seen that the mortality figures for males are considerably higher in males at all ages than for females, the disparity increasing with age. In comparing the 1951 figures with those recorded in 1950, deaths in females are slightly in- creased, but in males there has been a marked increase in the deaths above 30 years of age.

Morbidity.

176. Notifications of tuberculosis show a marked increase over last year's figures. The comparative figures for the two years are set out below and shown according to origin:-

1950 1951

Government Tuberculosis (Harcourt) 2,959 3,858

Clinics

(Kowloon)

***

3,038

Government Institutiona

2,339

5,522

Non-Government Institutions

3,202

524

Private Practitioners

567

944

Total:

9,067

13,886

30

AGE

SO

GROUPS.

MORTALITY RESPIRATORY

TUBERCULOSIS-1950 & 1951

177. Respiratory tuberculosis notifications are set out below according to age and sex for the year 1949-1951:

Notifications of Respiratory Tuberculosis by Age and Sex for the year 1949 to 1951.

25

30

35

70

AGE GROUPS

96

ONLIN

1951

1950

Age Group

Hale Female PersoNN

Male Female Person

1940

Fele Persona

Under 1

1

98

163

30 178

59

59 118

132 295

77

79

156

40

2

177

182 359

88

48

154 38

189

168 267

68

56 124

+

177

143

320

64

62

120

97

* R

22 55

42 32

24

42

28

B

54

28

1Я

48