Show P Doctor t Completes n ea aeS Study Sidy i r I Dr C. C Clark Welling Bountiful Born Boun pediatrician has recently recent recent- ly Iy a study on admissions admissions ad ad- I missions to the Prin Primary Jr Children's Childrens Chil drens dren's ho hospital pital for a two two- month period sponsored b bv by bythe I the Utah Tuberculosis TilE THE RESEARCH s study t u d y headed by Dr Welling was established under a Christmas seal grant to determine how much infection exists in this area to several kinds of tuberculosis tuberculosis tu tu- tu bacteria which are cousins to the human tuberculosis tuberculosis tuberculosis tuber tuber- germ They are known as the unclassified teria Dr Welling gave tuberculin tests to the children entering he Primary Childrens' Childrens hospital hospi hospi- tal i in Salt Lake City during October and November 1962 Skin sensitivity was determined determined determined deter deter- mined to the human strain of tuberculosis the Battey strain of tuberculosis and to the Avian Avian Avian Av Av- Av- Av ian strain commonly found in birds and fowl THE 32 PER CENT tuberculin tuberculin tuberculin tuber tuber- culin skin sensitivity to the unclassified is relatively low as compared to the southeastern portion of oC the nation and approximates what one would expect from similar similar similar simi simi- lar studies performed in the West and Northwestern areas areas areas ar ar- said Dr Welling The results then showed that 32 per cent of oC the children had bad been infected b by a type of tu tu- tu- tu DR WELLING also studied a select group of child patients who had swollen glands glands' U He found by tuberculin testing the brothers sisters parents and neighbors of these children that 40 percent of them had hada a positive reaction to the unclassified un un- unclassified classified The Utah Tuberculosis and Health is indeed very grateful for Dr Wellings Welling's interest and work to further knowledge by research research- |