[Report 1935] / School Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough.

  • Bury (Greater Manchester, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1935
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Credit: [Report 1935] / School Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The thirty-four cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis notified in the year under review is the lowest number ever notified in Bury. This can be seen from the following- table which gives the numbers of cases notified and the death rates per 1,000 for each year for the last twenty-five years :— TUBERCULOSIS 1911-1935. Year Pulmonary Tuberculosis Other Tuberculous Diseases No. of cases notified Death rate per 1,000 pop. No. of cases notified Death rate per 1,000 pop. 1911 •27 0-97 32 0'44 1912 91 1-30 48 0 44 1913 124 roi 59 0'32 1914 99 ro9 30 0‘39 1915 120 1-39 26 0 33 Average for 5 years... —92 —1-13 —39 038 1916 105 0-91 33 0-39 1917 91 1-44 28 0-17 1918 98 1*27 25 031 1919 69 0.89 17 0-37 1920 68 0-83 28 0 25 Average for 0 years... —86 —1 07 —26 0 30 1921 52 0-89 40 0*22 1922 43 0*61 36 0 26 1923 53 0-94 18 0 09 1924 72 0-79 26 0T4 1925 72 0-97 32 0-19 Average for 0 years... —58 0 84 —30 0 18 1926 63 0*59 41 0-23 1927 70 0'8l 47 0-21 1928 62 0*72 23 0’14 1929 47 0*65 32 0*16 1930 52 0-60 26 0-23 Average for 5 years... 68 0 67 -34 0 19 1931 42 076 20 013 1932 45 0’45 16 0-18 1933 40 0-51 21 0 15 1934 52 0-63 29 0-20 1935 34 0-48 25 0T6 Average for 5 years... -42 0 56 —22 0 16 '^'Notification voluntary in 1911. Compulsory from 1912 onwards. Five-year averages are indicated in the table since such periods can be considered fair ones for comparison. On perusal of the