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Show Utah Hospital Treats 60 TB Sufferers "Contrary to recent reports, there are 60 patients presently hospitalized at the Utah State Tuberculosis Hospital in Ogden," Dr. John D. Newton, superintendent superin-tendent and medical director reported re-ported Wednesday. The statement was made in an effort to spike rumors and false reports that "there is so little tuberculosis now that the hospital hos-pital is practically empty." Dr. Newton said the number of admissions has remained at about the same level for the past 18 years and there has been only a slight decline in the number of patients in the hospital at any time for the past several years. During the 1957-58 fiscal year there were 167 patients in the Utah State Tuberculosis Hospital. Hospi-tal. The majority of these patients pa-tients are men. "At present our youngest patient pa-tient is four years old, while our oldest is 82," Dr. Newton said. There are 51 male patients and only nine female patients at the present time. The hospital has been in operation oper-ation since April, 1940 and there have been over 2000 admissions since that time. The hospital is operated under the Utah State Department of Welfare. The maximum capacity of the hospital hos-pital is 100 beds, but under the present arrangements we are prepared for 86 patients, said Dr. Newton. i |