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ditions. In particular, the percentage of infection among the children 

 probably is much below the actual condition because of the total mortality 

 of the infants (59 per cent), the majority die during the first year 

 of life and no doubt in many instances before tuberculosis has been 

 contracted or has developed to a degree sufficient for recognition. 



Table II. — Shotting family history.* 



Family. 



Total 

 number. 



Number 

 living. 



Number 

 dead. 



Number 

 tuber- 

 cular. 



Per cent 

 tuber- 

 cular. 





914 



914 



466 



318 



401 



465 



2,094 



1,866 



601 



1,920 



256 

 327 

 165 

 98 

 126 

 155 

 937 

 914 

 443 

 887 



258 

 537 

 301 

 220 

 295 

 310 



1,15" 

 952 

 158 



1,023 



169 

 272 

 155 

 104 

 135 

 161 

 167 

 135 

 104 

 83 



18 



29 



33 



32 



33 



34 



7 



7 



17 



4 























" Family history positive in 8S per cent of all cases. 



Our findings as to the infection with tuberculosis in ascendants as 

 compared with those of three other authors are shown in the following 

 table : 



Table III. — Shotting tuberculosis in ascendants. 





Williams. 



Solly. 



Osier. 



Manila. 





1,000 



250 



427 



914 





Per cent. 

 12 

 34 



Per cent. 

 28 

 19 



Per cent. 

 24 



Per cent. 

 47 

 35 









Contact, other than that naturally encountered in the study of the 

 disease in ascendants and descendants, shows as a strong factor in the 

 etiology. Unfortunately, our early records are not complete in this 

 respect, but from the data which have been secured in a smaller number 

 of cases, actual contact in residence and mostly to the extent of sleeping 

 in the same room with tubercular patients for a greater or lesser length 

 of time, will exceed 70 per cent of all cases. 



Age, sex, and social condition are shown in the following table: 



