Woodward High School Survey

¹ Pediatrics Coordinator, Cincinnati Anti-Tuberculosis League and Hamilton County Tuberculosis Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio
² Medical Superintendent and Associate Medical Director, Hamilton County Tuberculosis Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio

The Woodward High School of Cincinnati, Ohio, was selected for this survey because: (1) It served the great majority of people in the lower economic group, especially from an area of the city where the incidence of tuberculosis was highest. (2) Approximately 50 per cent of its students were negroes.

The entire program consisted of tuberculin testing with P. P. D., physical examination and x-raying of 501 eleventh grade students, the majority of whom were between 16 and 18 years of age. There were 372 white and 129 negro students. A total of 467 members of the households of these students were also studied.

Five cases of active pulmonary tuberculosis (1.0%); 23 cases of active primary tuberculous infection (4.59%); and, 5 cases of healed pulmonary tuberculosis (1.0%) were found among the students.

Two cases of active pulmonary tuberculosis (0.43%); 6 cases of active primary tuberculous infection (1.28%); and, 25 cases of healed pulmonary tuberculosis (5.33%) were found among the household members.