Report..., 1902-1904.

  • Tuberculosis Commission of the State of Maryland.
Date:
1904
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Credit: Report..., 1902-1904. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS. PART I. PRELIMINARY REPORT. GENERAL SUMMARY 3 NATURE OF TUBERCULOSIS 5 GENERAL PREVALENCE OF TUBERCULOSIS 6 GENERAL MORTALITY FROM TUBERCULOSIS 7 PREVALENCE OF AND MORTALITY FROM TUBERCULOSIS IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND IN THE CITY OF BALTIMORE 7 ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF TUBERCULOSIS IN MARYLAND. . g PORTALS BY WHICH TUBERCLE BACILLI MAY ENTER INTO THE ORGANISM to (1) Inhalation 10 (2) Ingestion 10 (3) Through the Skin 11 MANNER OF INFECTION 11 (1) Heredity and Predisposition 11 (2) Inhalation 11 (3) Ingestion 12 (4) Cutaneous Infection 12 (5) General Conclusions 13 PROPHYLAXIS 13 (1) General Principles of Prophylaxis 13 (2) Prophylactic measures in force in Maryland 14 (3) Prophylactic measures in force in other States 15 TREATMENT 17 (1) General Principles 17 (2) Sanitaria and dispensaries 18 RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO FURTHER PROPHYLACTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MEASURES WHICH MAY BE UN- DERTAKEN IN MARYLAND 20 lUBERCULOSIS EXPOSITION 22 PART II. REVALENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF TUBERCULOSIS IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND. General Considerations 26,27 Distribution of Population 27,28 Comparative Prevalence of Tuberculosis in the United States 28, 29,30 Comparative Mortality of Maryland and Other Registration States.. .30, 31 Urban and Rural Mortalities, Maryland 31 Chart Showing the Comparative Mortality of the Seven Leading Cities for 10 Years, Including Baltimore 32 Mortalities of Baltimore and Foreign Cities 33,34^33