CO129-629-10 Tuberculosis 1-7-1950 - 31-10-1951 — Page 22

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tuberculosis in children under 5 years of age - at present 38% of total tuberculosis deaths the real solution is a drastica reduction of population and a radical improvement of the social and environmental conditions of the remainder, a solution which, in view of recent international developments, is becoming more and more remote,

The rapidly expanding Tuberculosis Service now possesses a core of workers trained abroad through the assistance of UNICEF and Colonial Development Funds and while the quality of the work done is satisfactory, the available resources julged by any standards, are quite inadequate to meet the situation,

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