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Table: Table II. Sex and Age distribution of the 455 applicants. Table II. shows the age and sex distribution of the applicants for treatment, and also exhibits the incidence of tuberculosis at each age group. It is interesting as showing the large proportion of children under 15 who were examined (228, or 50 per cent.). Of these 8, or 3.5 per cent. were found to be suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis, and 5, or 2.2 per cent. from non-pulmonary tuberculosis. It is obviously of the greatest importance in the attempt to eradicate tuberculosis to bring under review for examination purposes as many children and adolescents as possible, as in the detection of early cases among this class of the community lies one of our most useful preventive measures.