Associated Disabilities Present in the Pensions Cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis elsewhere in the body:
(
a) |
Genito-urinary tuberculosis: 25 cases; with nephrectomy (7) and orchidectomy (4).
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(
b) |
Tuberculosis of bones: Spine, 14 cases; sternum, 4 cases; ribs, 1 case; humerus, 1 case.
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(
c) |
Joints: Elbow (5), wrist (1), sacro-iliac (3), hip (1), knee (2), and ankle (3).
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(
d) |
Tuberculous synovitis: 4 cases.
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(
e) |
Tuberculous glands: Cervical (8) and abdominal (5).
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(
f) |
Tuberculosis of bowel (1) and Peritoneum (1).
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(
g) |
Fistula in ano: 10 cases.
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(
h) |
Tuberculous periphlebitis of eyes (2).
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(
i) |
Tuberculous meningitis (2).
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(
j) |
Erythema nodosum (3).
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Other conditions associated with this series of pulmonary tuberculosis are: Diabetes mellitus (6), diabetes insipidus (1), gunshot wound involving the lung (3), dyspepsia (10), duodenal ulcer (22), gastric ulcer (3), anxiety neurosis (25).
Table I: Incidence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the Army, Overseas Only
|
Year of Onset of
|
|
|
Year Entered Service
|
|
|
|
Annual
|
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
|
1939
|
1940
|
1941
|
1942
|
1943
|
1944
|
1945
|
Totals
|
1939
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1940
|
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
1941
|
7 |
31 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
43 |
1942
|
5 |
25 |
7 |
|
|
|
|
37 |
1943
|
24 |
51 |
14 |
7 |
|
|
|
96 |
1944
|
22 |
67 |
21 |
15 |
2 |
|
|
127 |
1945
|
29 |
111 |
44 |
13 |
9 |
2 |
|
208 |
1946
|
7 |
47 |
27 |
25 |
4 |
3 |
|
113 |
1947
|
6 |
20 |
9 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
39 |
1948
|
4 |
17 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
|
34 |
1949
|
0 |
14 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
24 |
|
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Total of cases according to enlistment years |
112 |
383 |
140 |
71 |
16 |
6 |
1 |
729 |
Table II: Prisoners of War who Developed Pulmonary Tuberculosis
(Numbers of cases are shown according to year of enlistment and year of onset of disease.)
Year of Onset
|
|
|
Year of Enlistment
|
|
|
Annual
|
of Disease
|
1939
|
1940
|
1941
|
1942
|
1943
|
Totals
|
1939
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1940
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1941
|
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
1942
|
3 |
7 |
|
|
|
10 |
1943
|
0 |
7 |
1 |
|
|
8 |
1944
|
6 |
14 |
2 |
|
1 |
23 |
1945
|
22 |
42 |
6 |
|
|
70 |
1946
|
3 |
9 |
0 |
|
|
12 |
1947
|
3 |
11 |
0 |
|
|
14 |
1948
|
2 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
6 |
1949
|
1 |
6 |
1 |
|
|
8 |
|
—— |
—— |
—— |
—— |
—— |
—— |
Total according to year of enlistment |
41 |
102 |
11 |
0 |
1 |
155
* |