The Health bulletin [serial] - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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16 The Health Bulletin November, 1927
proves to them that they are infecting
their children, and it is easier to get
them to practice the necessary precautions.
The demonstration of the fact
that one out of four children who are
materially underweight have tuberculous
infection, furnishes a warning to
both parents and teachers to safeguard
the health of the child and arouses
interest in the whole subject of health
No. given tuberculin test—white 6761
No. given tuberculin test—colored. 1080 7841
No. reactorswhite
(23.69%) 1602
No. reactorscolored
(24.26%) 262 (23.79%) 1864
Negative cases (76.21%) 5977 7841
Physical examinations 1720
Cases X-rayed .-.. 1320
Figure 6.
Treating Children at the North Carolina Sanatorium.
ON Their Terrace
Girls Taking A Sunbath
and disease prevention. A re-weigliing
of the children three months after the
clinic in one community showed that
they had made an average gain of
five and one-half pounds.
The liearty cooperation of the local
health and school autliorities has been
most encouraging to us. The enthusiastic
interest in tlie health of their
pupils of all school superintendents,
principals and teachers, with whom we
have been brought in contact through
the clinics, is to us a most encouraging
evidence of the splendid progress in
health work which is being made
throughout our State.
The following is a summary of the
children's tuberculosis clinics conducted
by the Extension Department, North
Carolina Sanatorium :
Positive reactors with demonstrable
tuberculosis—white . - 116 (1.71%)
Positive reactors with demonstrable
tuberculosis—colored 35 (3.24%)
Total reactors with demonstrable
tuberculosis 151 (1.92%)
No. suspicious cases .-. 304 (3.87%)
No. positive reactors not X-rayed
and probably negative 400 (5. 5%)
No. positive reactors not having
demonstrable tuberculosis 865 (11 %
These last percentages are of whole
number given the tuberculin test.
Percentage of reactors showing demonstrable
tuberculosis—white - 7.24%
Percentage of reactors showing demonstrable
tuberculosis—colored 13. 40%
Total percentage of reactors showing
demonstrable tuberculosis 8.10%