[Report 1922] / Medical Officer of Health, Southampton County Borough.

  • Southampton (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1922
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Credit: [Report 1922] / Medical Officer of Health, Southampton County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TUBERCULOSIS. The total deaths from all forms of Tuberculosis among residents of the Borough amounted to 216, from the following forms of the disease :— Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... ... ... 177 Tuberculous Meningitis ... ... ... 18 Tuberculosis of Peritoneum and Intestines 11 Tuberculosis of Spine ... ... ... 4 Tuberculosis of Hip ... ... ... 1 Tuberculosis of Kidney ... ... ... 2 Disseminated Tuberculosis ... ... 3 216 The death-rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis amounted to 1.08 per 1,000 persons living. This rate is 0.05 lower than in 1921, and is 0.19 lower than the average for the past five years. The number of deaths of males was 106, an increase of 2 over the previous year, but the deaths of females amounted to 71, a decrease of 8. The death-rate for the year per 1,000 of the population from Pulmonary Tuberculosis was males 1.34, females 0.85, both sexes 1.08. The percentage of deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis during the year to cases notified during the same period was males 43.8, females 38.6, both sexes 41.6. Compulsory notification of all cases of Pulmonary Tuber culosis first came into operation on the 1st January, 1912.