[Report 1942] / School Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough.

  • Bury (Greater Manchester, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1942
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Credit: [Report 1942] / School Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Incidence. TUBERCULOSIS. A total of 85 new cases was notified to the Health Department durhiiJ' 19-42. Of this number 17 were males and 18 females. The followinj^- table j^'ives the number of cases notified and the death rates per 1,(XX) for each year for the last twenty-five years:— TUnE:RCUL05I5 1918-1942. Year Piilnionarv Tuberculosis Other Tuberculous Diseases No. ot case.s tu)(ilied Death rate per 1>000 pop. No. of cases notified Death rate per 1,000 pop. 1918 98 1 -27 25 0-31 1919 69 0-89 17 0-37 1920 68 0'83 28 0-26 1921 52 0-89 40 0'22 1922 4.3 0-61 36 D*20 Average for 5 years... -66 0 90 —29 0-28 1923 53 0*94 18 0 09 1924 72 0-7.9 26 014 1925 72 0-97 32 079 1926 63 0T)9 41 ' 0-23 1927 70 072 47 0-21 Average for 5 years... -66 0*80 —33 — -01 7 1928 62 072 23 074 1929 47 0-65 32 076 1930 .52 0-60 26 0-23 1931 42 076 20 073 1932 45 0-45 16 078 Average for 5 years... — 49 _j_0‘64 —23 0*1 7 1933 4 0 0 7)1 21 07 5 ]9:!-i r»2 0-63 29 0-20 1935 34 - 0-48 25 076 1936 4S 078 22 074 1937 41 070 30 075 Average for 5 years... -43 0 52 —25 0‘I 6 1938 41 0-39 20 072 1939 31 0-36 19 0*08 1940 31 031 13 07 1 1941 30 0’43 17 073 1942 25 0-39 10 0-07 Average for 5 years...j — 32 ^ 0-38 — 16 0 10 • ‘Five year averai^es are indicated in the table since such periods can be considered fair ones for comparison. On perusal of the table it can be seen that the averag-e death rate for the last five vears is the lowest recorded for both Pulmonary Tuberculosis and • other tuberculous diseases.