[Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Pontefract Borough.

  • Pontefract (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1958
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Credit: [Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Pontefract Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TUBERCULOSIS. The following Table summarises particulars contained in the Register of tuberculous persons. TABLE V. Number of Cases In Register. Respiratory. Non-Respiratory. Total in ! M. F. M. F. Register. At the commencement 112 20 22 240 of 1956. 86 Notified for the first time during 1958. 10 6 - - 16 Transfers - Inward 4 2 1 — 1 7 Removed from Register 11 9 2 1 23 At the end of 1958. 115 85 18 22 } 240 The reasons for removal of cases from the Register are given in the following Table:- TABLE VI Entries Relating To: Respirator'/. Non-Respiratory. M. F. M. F. Totals. Persons who have died. Persons certified by 1 1 - - 2. the medical practit¬ ioner in attendance. 4 5 2 1 12. Revised Diagnosis. Not T.B. Persons who have - 1 — - 1. ceased to reside permanently in the district. 6 2 - - 8. TOTALS:- 11 9 2 1 23 In the following Table, new cases and mortality are classified according to Age, sex and site of the disease:- TABLE VII. Ages. Respirator/. Non-Resp. Respiratory. Non- Resp. M. F. M. F. M. F. 1*. F. Under 5 1 2 _ — Under 15 1 — - — — mm - - Under 25 2 — - - - - - - Under 35 2 2 mm — - - - - Under 45 1 1 — - - - - - Under 55 1 a. — - . - - - - Under 65 — — - — - 1 - - Over 65 2 1 — 4* 1 | TOTALS:- 10 6 - - 1 . i_J_ - 1 1_