More than 100 Students Have Been Exposed to TB, Nov. 6, 1926

Students React to Tuberculosis Test More than 100 children of the Corbin street and Central schools have reacted to the tuberculosis test given them during the week, it was stated this morning by officials of the county health department. These children will be given special examination.

Man of the children showing a reaction are described as contact cases, some member of their immediate family having been a sufferer of the tuberculosis.

The tests will be continued in the schools here and in Kannapolis for several weeks.

Editor's Note: The tuberculin skin test used in 1926, which I believe was called the Mantoux Method, indicated the children had been exposed to TB, not that they had active cases. The followup medical examinations were to identify any children with active cases of tuberculosis.

From page 5 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Nov. 6, 1926

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