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75 Years Ago

February 13, 1941

County schools have small showing of tuberculosis

The Wyoming Tuberculosis Association, assisted by representatives of the Laramie County Medical Society, have just completed a tuberculin testing survey of 20 rural schools and the town schools of Pine Bluffs, Egbert, Carpenter, Albin and Burns.

A total of 775 students were tested and only two percent of the grade students showed positive reactions and three percent of the high school students. This is a very low percentage, as the average for the state is ten percent, according to Miss Madelyn Seabright,...