THE DESIGN OF A CASE REGISTER FOR TUBERCULOSIS - A PILOT-STUDY IN THESOUTH-WESTERN CAPE

The development and piloting of a tuberculosis register that aims at p roviding a single source of information for the surveillance of tuberc ulosis and the measures for its control are discussed. Old-fashioned p unch cards are appropriate in both isolated rural and sophisticated ur ban settings. The card system proved an effective and efficient clinic -based epidemiological tool but its implementation on a broad scale de pends on the rationalisation of current administrative procedures.