Industrial medicine and surgery . Fig. 62.—Reduction in number of cases of tuberculosis found and in the death rateas number of employees examined increases. 1, Per cent, of employees examined fromtotal number. 2, Per cent, of tuberculous employees found among number , Per cent, of deaths among those found tuberculous. The age periods at which these tuberculous cases were found wereas follows: Table 15 Age Per cent, of cases 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 40-45 45-50 50 or over While the tuberculosis rate decreased markedly after the age of 35,ye
Industrial medicine and surgery . Fig. 62.—Reduction in number of cases of tuberculosis found and in the death rateas number of employees examined increases. 1, Per cent, of employees examined fromtotal number. 2, Per cent, of tuberculous employees found among number , Per cent, of deaths among those found tuberculous. The age periods at which these tuberculous cases were found wereas follows: Table 15 Age Per cent, of cases 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 40-45 45-50 50 or over While the tuberculosis rate decreased markedly after the age of 35,yet the discovery of this disease among the applicants and newemployees resulted in a very noticeable reduction in the incidenceamong the older force. For example in 1909 there were only fivehundred ten employees who had worked at the plant for five yearsor more, but 33 per cent, of our tuberculous employees were foundamong these. Six years later, in 1914, there were two thousand THE TUBERCULOUS EMPLOYEE 453. Sears shack, Edwards Sanatorium, Naperville, 111.
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