IJE Advance Access originally published online on October 31, 2005
International Journal of Epidemiology 2005 34(6):1183-1187; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi176
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The medical aspects of the Framingham Community Health and Tuberculosis Demonstration
Executive Officer
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A report of the progress of the Framingham Community Health and Tuberculosis Demonstration, particularly along medical lines, promises to be of value at this time, in view of the emphasis the war is placing upon the need for human conservation, and the heavy burdens the war will throw upon communities everywhere. The necessity for adequately meeting community health obligations is greater than ever before. In tuberculosis work, in particular, it is felt that perhaps the indications of the Framingham experience in its bearing on community health machinery and problems of disease prevention may also have a wider significance.
The Framingham Community Health and Tuberculosis Demonstration, initiated in December of 1916, has been in actual operation for a little more than a year. The foundations have been laid and the work is proceeding, stimulated rather than retarded by the World War.
Cooperation from government and private agencies has been generous and
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| The first year's work |
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| The chief medical aspects |
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Local medical organization
The sickness canvass
Medical examination work
The von Pirquet survey
Nursing coordination
Tuberculosis findings
General mortality findings for 1917
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