Incidence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the Punjab Villages
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from children; those above ten years of age, therefore, have only been taken account of. This dispensary serves many villages but those situated within an area of about 100 square miles send patients almost daily. The villages within this area are thirty in number. They are all small villages with populations varying from 190 to 1,440. This group is not wholly dependent upon this dispensary for its medical aid; there are four other dispensaries to which many of these villages are nearer than they are to this one. Besides there are many quacks to attract
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