Medical Officer's annual report [to] Durban Corporation.

  • Durban (South Africa). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1968]
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Credit: Medical Officer's annual report [to] Durban Corporation. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    'indi 1and ther; in a reduced rate of ease ■fications . Anu tile r va r i a to 1 e f a c t o r -ri of medical officers in tiieir die ;r.o;ii feu tile oi pulmonary .cec >Y t culosis, particularly in children. Irfli results of a positive tuberculin test cue les officer may exercise caution rather than not notify expo suffering from pulmonary tuberculosa, case as s the slightest doubt on X-Ray examination, course, no cause for criticism* VC Thi; (ii) Deaths Deaths of City cases, corrected for irrw outward transfer, are set out below together vith t figures for the previous seven years : - Year •rp j-j c B A. Total 1961 14 13 -j O '*• -Lbb i 4 2 198 1962 14 1 133 17 —' i 199 1563 14 6 129 22 J_ / _L 19 64 9 O 103 n o -2 h 0 i‘-tC 1565 15 1 9 — 120 30 178 19 66 11 10 57 19 97 1967 9 7 p o 24 ■ 9 9 1968 7 10 r-; / .7 16 106 The ccrrespo: ic ; .eo te per ,000 tion were Year E c B A T 01 a J. 1961 .08 .51 . 69 . 19 ® h j 1962 ,08 . 57 . 70 „ 16 9 9 0 J <-*. 1563 .08 r ' 9 • t —** n . 67 .09 *~\ »*-; 0 *2 / 1964 .05 ,28 ,55 no * y O O 0 < A 1965 .08 1 1 . 44 . 60 . 11 « / 1966 .06 •i _J l O c. ■9 t J . 07 c j.4 196/ .05 • a j 0 40 «0 9 » -LCi 1968 .04 9 9 C . 35 . 06 . 15 Non-fu1monery Tuserculosis ( i ) Notifies tioi's Th¬ ou 1 o s i s ar e s e t total notifications of O L: Li O C lO’.V ■ ion-pulniona r- Year lb /'t O ) ; A Total I96.I .1 f -!• 102 44 151 196.2 . 1 14 £ J 5 0 0 n j j 1 o-> -i- ' J i c A 9 -L v » ) 9 — ■ • < ) m j -* 30 V-> er noti- c^pproaci tufoer- he rfenced the there is of arc and he popula- v tuber-