Abstract
A study is made of the medical care on social medical insurance basis for 658 tuberculous workers engaging in minor enterprises for 2-4 years on mass examinations, the speciail reference to rehabilitation of the tuberculous. The results obtained are as follows:1) About 70 per cent are treated with chemotherapy and 4 per cent with surgical treatment. The periods of chemotherapy for the most cases are short; less than 6 months for 28 per cent of the patients, less than one year for 50 per cent of them.2) Forty per cent of the patients are away from work after the examination. Fifty per cent of the patients return to work after 6 months'rest.3) Thirty per cent of the reposed lose their occupations. Half of the 30 per cent are due to “tuberculosis”. Twenty per cent of the reposed are out of work and 30 per cent are looking for jobs.4) About 70 per cent of the offices and factories have regulations for sick leave, which, however, allow a very short period mostly less than a year. It seems that more facilities on a medical administration and social insurance basis are necessary in taking care of the tuberculous among the workers in medium and minor enterprises.
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