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The Philippine Journal of Science 



1917 



Manila infected with intestinal parasites. In their examination 

 Trichuris was found in 92 per cent, Ascaris in 56 per cent, An- 

 kylostoma in 11 per cent, Oxyuris in 1.33 per cent, and Taenia 

 in 0.66 per cent. 



Garrison, Leynes, and Llamas (18) give the following age dis- 

 tribution of children below 5 years in Taytay, Rizal Province: 



Table IV. — Age distribution of infections. 



Age. 



Exam- 

 ined. 



Infected. 



Ascarn^. 



Trichuris. 



Hookworm. 



1 



Sirongy- 

 loides. 



i 





u 



4J 





4^ 



si 







c 







Si 



OJ 



Xi 



O) 



.a 



<U 



Si 





Si 



« 







E 



3 



u 



3 



?S 



s 



3 



!S 



3 



Li 



a 



3 



h 







;z; fL, 



Z 



Ph 



z 



Oh 



Z 



flH 



2 <^ 1 



Under 2 years 



73 



46 



63 



39 



53.4 



22 



30.1 















9. f.n 4 ypars 



100 



96 



96 



87 



87 



75 



75 



1 



1 



2 



2.0 





TUBERCULOSIS 



Musgrave and Sison, (37) in their study of 1,000 cases of 

 phthisis among the Filipinos, say that the infection among chil- 

 dren probably is much below that in adults, because many 

 die before the first year of life and no doubt before tuberculosis 

 has been contracted or has developed to a degree sufficient for 

 recognition. 



In this series tuberculosis has been met in 8 per cent, which is 

 very much lower than that found by Gilman(22) and Andrews (5) 

 in adults. 



Tuberculosis in infants is highest in the second year and great- 

 est during the first two years of life, decreasing as age advances 

 as shown in Table V. 



Table V. — Age incidence of tuberculosis. 



Premature 



to 



1 to 

 6 to 



1 to 



2 to 



3 to 



4 to 



1 month 

 6 months 

 12 months 



2 years 



3 years 



4 years 



5 years 



Total 



Cases. 

 1 

 1 



3 

 13 

 17 

 22 

 12 

 11 



80 



Our premature case lived for thirty-one days and had tuber- 

 culous mesenteric lymphatic glands. Whether this is acquired 

 or is an instance of intrauterine infection, I cannot say. The 



