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Guest Editorial: Tuberculosis control: The challenge continues Volume 7 Issue 11

Jeremy McAnulty, Peter Massey

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Jeremy McAnulty

Peter Massey

Abstract

Not very long ago in the history of public health in NSW tuberculosis was a major killer. In 1935 the NSW Department of Public Health recorded 1572 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis, including 939 deaths-rates of 59/100,000 and 35/100,000 respectively