A GRAVE PROBLEM
BUT NO CAUSE FOR ALARM TUBERCULOSIS IN NEW ZEALAND. A DOCTOR’S COMMENT. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. “The position does not give cause for alarm but definitely shows the need for steady, continuous work to reduce this really grave problem,” said Dr. Hubert Smith, medical officer of health in Wellington, commenting on the Dominion figures of 271 new cases of tuberculosis notified thus far this year, with 83 deaths. “The figures were about what the department has been getting since the notification of all forms of ‘T.B.’ was instituted about eighteen months ago. ‘T.B.’ represented the largest proportion of notifiable diseases. The early detection of cases and prompt treatment were most important in helping to check ‘T.B.,’ which so far was the worst notifiable disease in New Zealand at present.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 February 1943, Page 4
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134A GRAVE PROBLEM Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 February 1943, Page 4
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