Show TELEPHONES AND DISEASE Chicago News New Public telephone booths are said by a physician to be singularly well de designed designed signed for the capture and growth of pathogenic pa organisms being carefully closed padded and kept almost air airtight airtight airtight tight He writes Sunshine and fresh air seldom can reach the Interior while of course no attempt Is made to keep them aired or ventilated because any provision for securing ventilation is cal calculated calculated to make difficult the hearing of the message The telephone call sta station station station tion may be described in fact as a bacteriological box In which pathogenic and other organisms are carefully nursed Infection of the imprisoned air must at all events be constantly taking place and this only too to t o readily spreads whenever the opportunity opp arises Caller after caller thus either may Infect or receive infection so 0 long as no steps are taken to purify the air all within the thesta sta station station tion 7 1 i |