[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Edinburgh City.

  • Edinburgh (Scotland). City Council.
Date:
1959
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Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Edinburgh City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NON-RESPIRATORY TUBERCULOSIS. Notifications of non-respiratory tuberculosis numbered 52 as compared with 52 in the previous year. The number of deaths (3) was three less than in 1958. The following is a record of notifications and deaths since 1945:— Year Glands Abdomen Meninges and Central Nervous System Lupus Genito- urinary Spine Other Bones and Joints General Tuber- culosis, etc. Total (All Non- Pulmonary Forms) Rates per 100,000 of Populatioi Cases Notified Deaths Cases Notified Deaths Cases Notified Deaths Cases Notified Deaths Cases Notified Deaths Cases Notified Deaths Cases Notified Deaths Cases Notified Deaths Cases Notified Deaths Incidence Kate X It t r 1945 38 3 16 10 32 35 5 1 3 8 19 11 18 4 2 2 143 76 34 16 1946 28 3 18 4 28 31 4 6 4 19 5 16 5 1 7 133 59 29 13 1947 23 22 6 24 24 2 6 1 14 6 21 3 19 8 131 48 27 10 1948 30 ... 20 4 23 21 3 1 6 1 19 2 24 4 6 4 131 37 27 6 1949 34 2 15 4 21 6 i 9 1 25 4 22 2 4 2 131 21 27 4 1950 30 1 15 3 20 11 3 9 4 15 ... 14 2 8 i 114 22 23 5 1951 8 9 2 13 7 10 ... 20 3 17 2 4 2 81 16 17 3 1952 15 2 9 2 14 6 12 3 16 3 27 2 7 ... 100 18 21 4 1953 25 4 1 13 3 3 16 2 17 2 30 2 2 i 110 11 23 a 1954 20 1 7 11 2 3 17 2 9 2 14 3 ... 84 7 18 i 1955 27 1 8 ... 4 2 1 8 1 6 2 11 15 o 80 8 17 o 1956 18 1 4 1 1 20 1 2 2 14 1 4 2 63 8 13 a 1957 19 1 4 1 ... 1 10 4 6 ... 7 50 3 11 i 1958 23 3 ... o 1 1 11 O 3 2 5 ... 4 1 52 6 1 11 i 1959 25 2 2 • • • 1 10 9 6 52 3 1 11 0* — Deaths from Tuberculosis. (Showing the period elapsing between notification or intimation and death.) Respiratory Non - Respiratory Males Females Males Females Number of persons who died from tuber- culosis :— Not notified or notified only at or after death 3 4 1 1 Notified less than 1 month before death 4 • . ■ ... from 1 to 3 months before death 1 ... 4 ,, from 3 to 6 months before death from 6 to 12 months before death ... ... fl ,, from 1 to 2 vears before death 1 ... ,, over 2 years before death 6 1 l Totals ... 15 5 1 o it