[Report 1931] / Medical Officer of Health, Hertfordshire County Council.

  • Hertfordshire (England). County Council. n 50062101.
Date:
1931
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Credit: [Report 1931] / Medical Officer of Health, Hertfordshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table io. New Cases of Tuberculosis and Mortality during 1931. Age Periods. New Cases. Age Periods. Deaths. Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary. Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary. Male. Female. Male. Female. Male. Female. Male. Female. 0 __ .. 5 2 0 — 1 3 — 1 1 — 19 12 1 — — 1 2 5 21 15 12 10 2 — — 2 7 10 9 4 10 4 5 3 3 6 4 15 19 24 9 7 15 19 14 4 2 20 31 36 8 6 25 27 27 3 2 25 60 53 9 9 35 24 17 4 1 35 48 23 5 5 45 18 14 1 — 45 29 21 6 5 55 10 8 1 1 55 21 15 — 3 65 5 4 1 2 65 & Upwards 5 9 2 75 1 Total. 244 200 83 65 Total. 107 88 26 21 The number of cases of tuberculosis notified during the year is slightly less than last year, being 592, compared with 601. The number of deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis during the year was 195, compared with 215 for the previous year, and the number of deaths from non-pulmonary tuberculosis has increased from 33 to 47. The death-rates from both forms of the disease are 0-48 and o-ii respectively, compared with 0-55 and o-o8*for 1930. The comparative death-rates from pulmonary and non- pulmonary tuberculosis during the past nine years are given in the following table :— Table ii. Comparative Death-rates from Tuberculosis. 1931- 1930. 1929. 1928. 1927. 1926. 1925. ’924- 1923. Pulmonary Tuberculosis o'48 o‘55 0-58 0-51 C67 0 *65 o'6g 061 °'59 Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis O' 1 1 0 08 o' 14 0U3 015 01 7 004 0-13 o'i4