FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS

Southland Times, Issue 16785, 13 July 1911, Page 5

FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS

ROYAL COMMISSION’S REPORT. (By Telegraph.— Press Association. —Copyright.) LONDON, July 12. Received July 12, 10.10 p.m. The Royal Commission on tuberculosis in its final report concludes that bovine tuberculosis is readily communicable to infants and children with fatal results, particularly in regard to the abdominal organs and cervical glands. Cows milk Is a large source of infection. One half of the cases of children dying from abdominal tuberculosis are due to bovine bacillus alone. In adults, especially in lung cases, the disease is generally traceable to human germs; but there are cases of bovine tuberculosis in adults sufficiently extensive to incapacitate for life. The Commissioners recommend strong and stringent regulations, Government supervision of meat and milk, irrespective of whether the disease is in the udders or internal organs. The cost of the Commission’s enquiries during a decade has been £75,557. Seven more volumes covering the results of the Commission’s enquiries are promised, chiefly details of experiments on Lord Blythe’s farm.