Sociological investigations have revealed that more than half of all infectious cases in rural areas seek relief at various health institutions and that as many as 95 percent of them are conscious of the symptoms of the disease. These findings lead to the formulation of a felt-need oriented TB programme as an integral part of the services that are offered at the rural health institutions. Specialised TB institutions at the higher levels lend support to them by offering referral facilities. For a population of a million and a half, there is a DTC to give them administrative support. Such an integrated programme is not only very economical, but it also grows along with the GHS. Its orientation to felt need makes it more acceptable. It also has a potential for covering some 95 percent of the infectious cases in the community, thus indicating that it can have an impact on the incidence rates of the disease.

Eighteen TB camps were conducted in Bombay between January 1969 and April 1971 to provide diagnosis and treatment facilities to rural areas. The total number of persons examined were 7,351, the number of persons screened 2,782, the number of radiological cases of pulmonary TB seen 562, the number of sputum positive, 152 and the number of BCG vaccinations done, 23,308. It was concluded that TB camps played a substantial role in the Anti-TB measures, especially, in rural areas and, other developing nations could organize such TB camps.