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Did the patient suffer any major illness in childhood? Did the patient have frequent absences from school? Was the patient able to play games at school? Did any abnormalities declare themselves at a preemployment medical examination or on chest X‐ray? Has the patient ever been admitted to hospital with chest disease? A long history of childhood ‘bronchitis’ or ‘chestiness’ may in fact indicate asthma that was undiagnosed at the time. Severe whooping cough or measles in childhood may cause bronchiectasis. Tuberculosis acquired early in life may reactivate many years later.