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Fable 14. -Percentare of cheat x-roviinsdientire of active
pulmonary tuberculasis by rank order on selected
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lands districts
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atolls, Ine, Tabal, Lamotrek, Sonsorol, Elato, and Faraulep, over 3
percent of the x-raved population hadactive pulmonary tuberculosis.
An interesting experience was reported frora Tabal Island. The
Lis.s. Wardbey visiced this ishuid tn Novemler 1948 but, because
heavy seas rencered the x-ray machine inoperable, the ship was forced
were receiving treatment fur che disease.
Nearly 90 percent of the pupulation were tuberculin-tested. Table
IG shows the distribution of islands by percent of positive tuberculin
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dence of pulmonarytuberculosis and had positive sputum for tubercle
bacilli, At that time nine people were living in the same house with
this active case of pulmonary tuberculosis. Ejehteen months I:rer
when the survey ship returned the woman had died of tuberculosis.
The chest roentgenovrams for the other nine menibers of the household were still negative for ruberculosis.
_ Table 15 shows the diagnoses of tuberculosis that occurred among
inhabitants who were not x-rayed. These diagnoses had been established prior to the health survey and, in some eases, the individuals
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to return at a later date to complete the examinations. During the
Initial visit one 39-year-old woman’ on the island showed clinical evi-