RESUMEN
The study of routine work in Abbassia and Bab Al Shaaria Chest Dispensaries over the years 1994 1999, reveals the following: The number of subjects examined in both dispensaries was 92768 out of which 833 were diagnosed as tuberculous. The highest percentag of cases was found between age group of 20-40 years. Average percentage of disease in males was 72,9% and. 67.63% while in females was 27.1% and 32.37% in both Abbassia and Bab Al-Shaaria Chest dispensaries respectively. The average percentage of pulmonary TB in Abbassia chest dispensary was 88.89% and extrapulmonary TB percentage was 11.11% while in Bab Al-Shaaria Chest Dispensary the percentage of pulmonary TB was 83.56% and of extrapulmonary TB was 16.44%. The percentage of bronchogenic pulmonary TB was 68% and 65.54% in both Abbassia and Bab Al-Shaaria chest dispensary respectively, while primary pulmonary TB was 9.55% and 5.21% in both Abbassia and Bab Al-Shaaria chest dispensaries respectively. Pleural effusion percentage was 10.67% in Abbassia chest dispensary while ion Bad Al-Shaaria chest dispensary was 12.54% and of miliary TB lesion was 0.67% and 0.27% in both Abbassia and Bab Al-Shaaria chest dispensaries respectively. The number of defaulter cases in Abbassia chest dispensary was 141 cases [31.33%] and in Bab-Al-Shaaria chest dispeary was 39 cases [10.18%]. The relapse rate in Albassia chest dispensary was 3.89% and treatment failure rate was 7.11% while fatality rate was 6.14% but in Bab-Al-Shaaria chest dispensary the relapse rate was 4.06%, treatment failure rate 5.52% and the fatality rate was 2.90%