Formation of the Northern Ireland Tuberculosis Authority

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Before partition, the Local Government Board for Ireland received reports from their Inspectors on the health of the community, and each year produced a very large report of their own. The Inspectors were well aware of the ravages of tuberculosis. They told the Board about it. They quoted the Registrar General's Annual Report: 'In 1905 there were close on 12,000 deaths in Ireland due to the disease .... Tuberculosis in all forms was responsible for a death rate of 2 7 per thousand .... A further unsatisfactory feature is the fact that the death rate from tuberculosis in Ireland stands at a far higher figure than either England or Scotland'. Though the Board were probably impressed they took no action until 1907.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Ulster Medical Journal

دوره 58  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1989