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Show LACK OF EXERCISE INCREASES DEATH RATE CLEVELAND. 0.. Jaa. 4). Affording to r. F. Hitteabouaa of New York, a epeaker before the American Aaaoeiatioe for the Advancement of Hctence. indo-lonee indo-lonee aad phyairal inactivity are the eau.ee of the great increase of the death rate among people -over 40 reara of age, which aince 1880 kaa increased 20 per eeat. ''The arerage nil haa become a machine ma-chine tender aad not a worker," he aaid. "Recreation and work have oauaed derreaee of tka death rate among tha young." Dr. L. 0. Howard ef Washington, In tka loot paper read to the asaocia-tioa, asaocia-tioa, declared a I3S7.0O0.OOO annual loaa ia caused br diaeesee transmitted bj mosquitoes and fliea. Today 'a program cloeee tba convert-Won. |