Tuberculosis in Children and BCG Vaccination in North Sumatra

Abstract

Data of child tuberculosis, clinical visits and those who were treated in the three hospitals, visits to the 6 public health centers (Puskesmas) and figures of BCG immunization in the North Sumatra Province were presented. Although the tuberculin index in children in Medan (1965) was lower than that in Java (BCG Mass Campaign, 1954 -1964, primary tuberculosis patients treated in the General Hospital (RSUPP) constituted 1.14% of the total patients admitted to the hospital in 1963 -1972, whereas in the "PNP I X " hospital it was 0.84%. From a survey o f families (1962 -1969) it revealed that infection in the families was ± 50% . While 76.1% of the meningitis patients were under the age of 4 years. From a survey of 6 public health centers we found through a Pilot Project that 1.02% patients had a positive sputum.