[Tuberculosis in the industrial environment. Epidemiological aspects and preventive measures]

An analysis is made of the tuberculous endemia in several of the most important industrial branches over the last years, as compared with the endemy outside the industrial environment. Although the global morbidity through tuberculosis in industrial enterprises has declined to approximately one half of the initial values (considering the year 1975 as the basis), it is still above the level in the territory. The gap between the two curves, much wider at the beginning of the interval, has narrowed consistently with time. The factors are discussed, that may determine this relative morbidity, and the necessary measures for their neutralization. The necessity for a close cooperation is stressed, between the enterprise physician and the pneumologist (or phthisiologist) from the territorial polyclinic.