Various outbreaks of tuberculosis (TB) in and around Bolton have been attributed to the city’s higher than average migrant population in an official report. Bolton has a “significantly higher” rate of the deadly and contagious disease, and every single new case in the past twelve months has been linked to schools “which mainly comprise students from countries with a relatively high burden of TB.” The report was produced by Bolton Council and warns that: “Those most at risk are migrant populations and vulnerable groups.” It reveals: “The UK currently has the second highest rate of TB among Western European countries” and that more dangerous “multi drug resistant” strains are on the rise. It states that England as a whole has an incidence of 13.5 cases per 100,000 of the population. However, “based on three year averages between 2011 and 2013, the number of new cases per year in Bolton… [is]
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