[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Bedfordshire County Council (County of Bedford).

  • Bedfordshire (England). County Council. n 50055519.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Bedfordshire County Council (County of Bedford). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TUBERCULOSIS There were 141 deaths registered from this cause in Bedfordshire in 1938, being 5 ]icr cent of the total number of deaths from all causes, as compared with the previous year's total of 146 and 5 per cent respectively. The following table shows the death-rates from pulmonary tuberculosis per thousand population for the County and the Urban and Rural Districts :— Death Kate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis per 1000 population. Districts. — 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 Urban Districts 0.57 0.67 0.67 0.49 0.50 Rural Districts 0.41 0.45 0.41 0.38 0.30 Whole County 0.52 0.60 0.58 0.46 0.40 As will be seen from the above table, the death-rate from })ulinonaiy tuberculosis for the ('ounty for 1938 was 0.40, compared with 0.53 for England and Wales. The non-pnlmonary tuber- culosis death-rate for the County for 1938 was 0.10, as compared with 0.12 in the previous year, and the same as that for England and \\Eles. The County death-rate from tuberculosis (all forms) per thousand of the population was 0.53, that for the combined Urban Districts being 0.60, and that for the combined Rural Districts being 0.40. The following new cases of tuberculosis were notified, in accordance with the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930, during 1938 Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Males 139 Eemales 130 Males 30 Eemales 32 269 62 331 The total number of cases of pulmonary tuberculosis notified was thirty-six in excess of the number notihed during the previous year, whilst the non-pulmonary cases showed an increase of two. The table overleaf shows the age periods of the new cases and all deaths from the disease in the County during 1938 :—