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To the Editor: The results of skin testing with cockroach allergen among inner-city children, reported by Rosenstreich et al. (May 8 issue),¹ are similar to my experience almost 30 years ago.² While working in the allergy clinics at Gouverneur Hospital and Beth Israel Medical Center, on New York's lower east side, I found that with intradermal testing, 75 percent of children living in nonpublic housing and 30 percent of children living in public housing were sensitive to cockroach allergen, whereas there were no positive tests among children seen in a suburban allergy practice.

Frederic A. Schulaner, M.D.
546 Westfield Ave.
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