[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Aberdeen City.

  • Aberdeen (Scotland). City Council.
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Aberdeen City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    respiratory cases notified were within the age-groups 15-24 years, and this figure has fallen to 19 per cent, in 1960; in 1950 only 17 per cent, of these cases were aged 45 years or more, and this figure has risen to 37 per cent, in 1960. Table A.—Number of Cases of Tuberculosis notified in 1960. AGE-GROUPS. Un- der 1 1- 5. 5- 15. 15- 25. 25- 35. 35- 45. 45- 65. 65 up- wards. Total Respiratory. 1960 Males. 2 4 6 5 8 15 9 49 1959 Males — 1 1 16 8 7 40 6 79 1958 Males — 2 2 5 IS 8 21 4 55 1957 Males —■ 4 3 15 31 34 58 15 160 1960 Females _ 4 7 11 8 2 5 4 41 1959 Females 2 1 2 14 16 12 9 2 58 1958 Females — — 4 U 6 6 10 4 44 1957 Females 1 4 8 37 34 23 31 8 146 Non -respiratory. 1960 Males 1 1 1959 Males — 1 1 — 1 2 2 1 8 1958 Males., — — — 2 3 — — 1 6 1957 Males 1 1 — 2 2 1 1 2 10 I960 Females — — 1 1 2 3 2 1 10 1959 Females — — — 1 3 1 3 1 9 1958 Females.. — — 1 6 5 — 5 — 16 1957 Females — — — 2 3 3 2 — 10 Respiratory and Non respiratory. 1960 Male and Female 6 12 18 16 13 22 14 101 1959 Male and Female 2 3 4 31 28 22 54 10 154 1958 Male and Female — 2 7 26 27 14 36 9 121 1957 Male and Female 2 9 11 56 70 61 92 25 326 Of the 90 cases of respiratory tuberculosis notified (including 6 transfers) all were confirmed. The 11 non-respiratory cases notified (with no transfers) were all confirmed, and, as regards the site of disease, 1 suffered from tuber- culosis of the bone and joints (including spinal tuberculosis), 5 from tuberculous glands, 1 from genito-urinary tuberculosis, 1 from disease of the skin, 2 from pelvic tuberculosis and 1 from tuberculosis of the liver. The total number of persons residing in Aberdeen who, at 31st December, 1960, were knowm to be suffering from tuberculosis was 1,806, comprising 1,722 respiratory and 84 non-respiratory cases. The appended graph shows the notification and deaths from respiratory tuberculosis during the past few years. (i) Mortality. Table B gives particulars of those who died during 1960. Tuberculosis mortality that year was the lowest on record, and it is noteworthy that there were only two deaths under 50 years of age.