Show WHERE DEATH REIGNS HIGHEST france though favored by nature ha has heavy mortality record M papillon has lately printed a striking array ot of statistics on the re lation between public hygiene and mortality from which the following instances and remarks are taken france he says is favored by ell mate and in other respects why is its birth rate the smallest in europe its death rate among the greatest the cause is not in nature but in institutions from the 38 innab hants of france deaths from tuberculosis annually occur while there are but 60 among the of great britain but 90 among the 56 of germany in every nation of europe save france the mortality from tuberculosis has diminished and at the same time the consumption of alcohol has retrograded the results are that in france between one census and the next the mortality from losis has increased 68 while in ger many it diminished in every inhabitants the difference la to 17 77 per or in the total pop ula tion 68 lives were lost during the last census period in france that might have been and ought to have been saved hydrophobia Is stamped out in eng lang and is still common in france the case is similar for other diseases |