Show 1 p. p Respiratory Diseases Up I Diseases of the I respiratory system tem tern are arc Increasing at an alarmIng alarm alarm- Ing lag rate said Mrs Marselle B. B Williams president of the North I Summit Tuberculosis and Health HealthA A Association In a study of mortality mortality mor figures for two periods five years apart 62 1060 and 57 1955 the Tuberculosis Association A. A has found that deaths from these diseases di senses have Increased 25 per cent as opposed to an Increase of 04 94 per der cent for deaths from all allI causes causes I Diseases of the respiratory system system tem tern such as bronchitis emphysema emphysema emphysema emphy emphy- sema pneumonia and influenza accounted for deaths in 1962 1002 the latest year for which final figures are arc available and tuberculosis was responsible foran for foran foran an additional Mrs Williams In making the figures public pointed out that although tuberculosis Is primarily a disease of the lung under the international classification o a f I causes of death It is grouped with Infectious and diseases The e Christmas Seal organization tion and its 1000 1900 state and local sister associations eister-associations associations are engaged In Ina ina a B nationwide campaign to control tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases |