TUBERCULOSIS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 120, 13 July 1911, Page 5

TUBERCULOSIS.

COMM ISSION ’ S VALUABLE REPORT. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. United i ress Association. London, July 12. The, Royal Commission on tuberculosis, in its final ropoi t, concludes that bovine tuberculosis is readily communicable to infants and children with fatal results, the disease particularly affecting their abdominal organs and cervical glands. Cows’ milk was a large source of infection. One half of the cases of children dying from abdominal tuberculosis were due to bovine bacillus alone. Lung cases in adults were generally traceable to a human germ, but cases of bovine tuberculosis in adults were sufficiently extensive to incapacitate life.

’The commissioners recommended stringent regulations and Government supervision of meat and milk, irrespective of whether there was disease of the udders or internal organs. The cost of the commission’s inquiries during the past decade was £75,557. Seven more volumes are promised, chiefly dealing with, details of the experiments conducted on Lord Blythe’s farm. (Received 13, 9.15 a.m.) London, July 12. The Tuberculosis Commission lias ascertained more clearly that lupus bacillis in a majority of cases is undoubtedly due to the tuberculosis microbe of tho bovine typo.