Show tuberculosis Is on rise all over world devastated areas of europe and asia hit hardest COLUMBUS OHIO in this country tuberculosis Is at its lowest ebb in history but it Is on the upgrade la in nearly every other part ot of the world frederick hopkins executive secretary 0 the national tuberculosis association reports since the outbreak of the war especially he said tuberculosis has soared in the devastated areas area ot of asia and europe in yugoslavia for or instance with a population of less than a tenth ot of ours the death rate from tuberculosis is as high as here and going higher approximately persons to in the united states have tuberculosis hopkins revealed about die annually as a result of it the difficulty in treating the disease effectively is that although a case may be cured unless the patient carries on a life of good food proper rest light work and healthy living it will inevitably recur hopkins pointed out that of all the patients discharged from tuberculosis sanitarian sanitaria sanit sani aria tarla tach each year fully so 50 per cent either reenter re enter the hospitals or die within five years this Is not the fault of the doctors who treat the patient hopkins explained pla ined but the result of improper care by the patient himself after his release from supervision in spite of years of research tuberculosis still is not fully understood hopkins admitted lie he referred to statistics co compiled by experts on the di disease seare forty years bic ago tuberculosis struck principally at young people latest records however show that among men the ages ot of 50 through 60 are the periods of greatest danger in women tuberculosis strikes more frequently than in men |