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Forty Per pent’TB
Cases Unknown In
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Forty percent of the tuberculosis C?<es in the United States aTe not knovii to health authorities, the medical director of the National "Tuberculosis . Association, told 4jfhose present for the anti” l meet» ing of the Virginia Tubr -ulosis Association in Roanoke on March ’ 18th and V9th. . -
Dr. .Floyd M. Feldmann of Newark added, “As long as this situation exists, our efforts can be onlv 50^,percent effective.” ! Stressing the need for greateruse of the interdettnal tuberculosis test as a means of finding tuberculosis now unknown, Dr. Feldmann pointed out that the "‘most of our new active cases are coming from people already ipfected” who
ate unknowingljJ^preading the disease. He showed charts Vhich indicated that thedeath rates are highest , among divorced persons with single people next, followed by those widowed and married persons having the lowest per
51.6%