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

6 The Health Bulletin November, 1951Cases of tuberculosis found per 10,000X-rayed by occupation and race.Occupation Total White Non-WhiteIndustrialOccupations 62.3 65.0 36.9AgriculturalOccupations 168.1 204.6 121.4d. Incidence of probably active andquestionably active cases of tuberculosis.Mass surveys conducted in 1949 inwhich over 170,000 persons were examinedin Eastern and Western counties(89,836 East, 84,035 West) shows the following:Probably or Questionably Active Casesof Tuberculosis Estimated Per 10,000Persons Examined in Selected Easternand Western Counties in 1949.Total 25.6Eastern Counties 29.0Western Counties 22.0e. Hospital Cases(1) In 1949, in eight counties representingWestern, Piedmont, and Easterncounties, the rate of hospital casesfound per 10,000 examined on mass surveyswas 10.2; and the incidence of"new" hospital cases was 9.7 per 10,000.(2) In 1950, in fifteen Eastern countiesthe rate of hospital cases was 7.4 per10,000 persons examined. These figuresindicate that the tuberculosis hospitalrate is declining.f. The incidence of tuberculosis detectedby the X-ray unit on loan toDuke Hospital.These examinations included hospitaladmission, clinic cases, hospital personneland certain other selected cases.The results of the Duke Hospital Programare as follows. The rate shown includesminimal, moderate, and far advancedcases;Year