Scotland: Second TB Scare for Drinkers

Three regulars at a British Legion club in Cumbernauld, Scotland, have been struck by tuberculosis. The cases emerged just days after health officials confirmed that two men had died after contracting TB in a Glasgow pub. Dr. George Venters, National Health Service Lanarkshire's public health consultant, said on Monday that three cases of infection had come to light in Cumbernauld over an 18-month period. "They are being treated at home and they are doing very well," he said. People in the British Legion club and the men's close contacts have all been screened and no further cases have been found. Last week it emerged that 170 people had been screened in Glasgow after the deaths of Eddie Weldon, 74, and John Calderwood, 56, who contracted TB at the Lord Darnley pub in the Pollokshields area of the city. Five people were diagnosed with the disease after a cluster of cases was traced back to a former barmaid. There are about 400 cases of TB every year in Scotland.

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