PREVALENCE OF TUBERCULOSIS
“PROBLEM FAR FROM ELIMINATED” (New Zealand Press, Association) WELLINGTON, November 19. The impression that tuberculosis was no longer prevalent in the community had lulled a great many persons into a false sense of security, said Mr H. M Taylor, public relations officer for the Wellington Tuberculosis Association, today He said he had found it increasingly difficult to rouse any enthusiasm for the work of the association. Mr Taylor said he had referred the matter to Dr. Mabel C. Lang, director of mass radiography and at present Acting-Director of Tuberculosis Services for New Zealand. She had produced figures which showed that the number of registered cases for New Zealand for 1955 represented an average of 59 notified cases for each 10.000 of population. Statistics for New Zealand showed a steep increase in notified cases between 1951 and 1955. In 1951 the total was 10,698, and in 1955 the figure was 12,428, an increase of 1730. “These figures indicate that the problem is far from eliminated,” Mr Taylor said.
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Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28130, 20 November 1956, Page 23
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