Abstract
The present is a favorable time to review the factors involved in the decline of tuberculosis. This decline has been marked and persistent in the United States for more than fifty years. There has been increasing accuracy in reporting causes of death. The antituberculosis campaign has taken organized form in this country and has gained increasing momentum for a generation. The increased tuberculosis deaths resulting from the war can now be studied in the light of postwar declines. The writings of Calmette, Bushnell, Krause, Opie and many others have recently added much to the knowledge of the epidemiology and pathogenesis of the disease. The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Department of Labor has assembled many data on changes in the material prosperity of the bulk of the population. Statistical methods, public health procedures, facilities for treatment, and health education have all improved markedly in the past two
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