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6. Tuberculosis Case Finding
Tlx: purpose of this scheme, which is limited to pupils in the
5—6 year age group, is to discover tuberculosis in adults by means
of Mantoux (skin) testing these children. All 5 year old children
attending primary schools in the Borough are eligible to participate
and during the year 64 per cent of the parents gave consent for their
child to be tested. Here again the scheme clashed with the Poliomyelitis
vaccination scheme, and adversely affected the response.
2 children gave a positive reaction to the Mantoux test and
the parents and other close contacts to the children were invited
to attend at the Chest Clinic for X-ray examination. No findings
of any significance were reported.
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