Tuberculosis in Malaya - the early days (1945
- 1957)
At
the end of the 2nd World War, when the British returned
to Malaya, tuberculosis ranked as the biggest single killer,
and the cause of the most suffering in our country.
For the next 15 years tuberculosis
continued to be the biggest health problem in Malaya.
By the year 1957 conservative estimates
put the prevalence of infection amongst children at 25%
at the age of 5 years, 50% at the age of 10 years, and 75%
at the age of 15 year.
Tuberculosis is usually a disease of
townsfolk or urban communities, but in Malaya the rural
areas were affected almost as seriously as the towns.
Feature stories syndicated from The Times,
with kind permission
Tuberculosis
Robert Koch proved with certainty that the dreaded
disease, tuberculosis, was caused by specific
bacteria. How did he do it? Play the game and
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