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Show INCREASE NOTED IN TUBERCULOSIS Nineteen new cases of tuberculosis tubercu-losis in Utah during the past month has spurred the Utah Christmas Seal drive to greater importance, it was reported by Rolfe Peterson, Utah campaign chairman. "We urge you to send in your contributions for the Christmas Seals and then use them on your holiday cards and packages," Peterson Pe-terson said. "Money for research and education and casefinding is the best way to keep our name from being added to the tuberculosis tubercu-losis toll." I The last four weekly disease reports re-ports of the Utah State Department Depart-ment of Health show that between October 17 and November 14 there were 1 9 people who learned for the first time that they had TB. "And this is for a disease that some people say is down and out. We're looking forward to a happy holiday season but instead certainly there are 19 people who will face a rather bleak and lonely Christmas Christ-mas because tuberculosis was not down and out. Let us hope that Christmas Seal research will put an end to the TB tragedy." The total number of cases of tuberculosis this year in Utah now stands at I I 7. |