Anti-Tuberculosis Measures by South African Indians
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Sir,?This, briefly, is the story of a real community health service amongst South African Indians. Tuberculosis is Public Health Enemy No. 1 amongst the non-white peoples of South Africa. The death rate for Indian people is five times that of the European while for Africans it has risen, in urban areas, to 746 per 100,000. One of the main reasons is the low economic standard of these people. For all practical purposes they are unrepresented in Central, Provincial and local government and therefore cannot effectively press home their claims for even a fair share of the limited services available. Six years ago now two Indians, two Europeans and
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