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Show ! Urban Sickness A liralth rnKU rfrnlly rnnr1uctt I In Mllaalifo unrlrr the nufpirrn of the I lly club allowed that 10 pr rrni of L)0 r?opl In lli rlty wtr aick; that 111 annual aco Inna (hrntich ahknraii waa ll.W.nnO; (lint fmor Uiao onolniirtti uf tlic nick tiad prompt mMlrnl attention, and that , traa than Imlf wepw unnr a doctor's care. ISU knifta sniotif tlio poorer UiN a waa 'io n to ht lltr littira I Ma nrPValiMif aa ainmtar llm Irviln Uf 14 ftOft caaca of luln llotia dlacaaea. M.Nuu were ltitirtlotia of the reapirw-lory reapirw-lory ayateni 1 here were M 10 aca of denetieraMre diacaaea. over half of which wera menial. Other dlaenaea of thia tpn were affertlnua of the heart, lurr. kl'lncva and cam rr Colda were the moat friMjuent com ptjilnt. with a total of T J .0 tance Next waa rlit uuiHllHin, with M Otlirr roninion affection were hrnnchlf la. I uherrtiloata. concha, aathma. etc . with ;:lt") caaea; Indixeai ion, J4 '', crlpplca. 1 .'(, au l tiervoua diaordcra. 1700. A atnkin& feature of the report waa the nunihrr of mental dlacaacs hhown. J Four hundred Inaane per ami a were re j ported and csaea of feeble mind 1 eilni'aa. Nirvoua dlaonlrra claimed j 1 Tuu vlrltma. Houaowlvea were by Tar tho yn ateat aufferera from ttii ae lualatlle. ami woiueit and Rirla were 111 ur h nmre trecpiHiitly affet toil tliuii I men uii'l iHiyit. In the well to do aee-I aee-I (ton, 7 7 per t ent of the population ( aufrcred from heart trouble, tubercu-I tubercu-I loala, pneumonia, Vldnev trouble, aafli j niu. bnmrhltla. etc. : In poor lietieh I horhno.ia the ratio aa 22 It per i rut I The (Itrferenre waa leas marked In 1 intl'irr 1 oruptHintM, an rolda or Indlfcr I Hon j 1 if the 40 Oft 0 alt k peraoiia. ihe i en J aua lmtiricd ihaf l.tiiOu were wiige earner Thia waa 2 7 per cent of Ihe (total wmkh camera In the tilr, and If representative of the entire year, lu-dtcateil lu-dtcateil that about 9 9 daya a year 'are lot! from ihe time of eai h wago earner each year , Whether tncilii al atlctitloti waa , Kiveri or not ana reported In four : liflha of Hie t aai-a In thoae reportinw;, I ea than half Indit ald tiiat nbyal 1 Ian aa In ati'-mJum e In 2. per : cent of the caaea where the waice ' earner waa alrk enotiptli to be abaent from work, no doctor waa culled. Of j I ho. an k who were not aa:e earner, earn-er, ouly S? per cent reported a pjiy I ah hin In atlendnnce. In 11 per cent j of the caaea under coiiKlderat ion, ned-lcal ned-lcal attention wuh not (clvcn until the ! patient hud been alrk more than ii 'uuiiiiha; IS per tent bad been slclt ' more than two months. ?1 per cent more than one month. 'Muck of ibn I alrknea wtuild ha ve been preventod , by phyicnl cxHiutnat ions, medical at-tenttoii. at-tenttoii. ricnn and sanitary aurrountl-1 aurrountl-1 Iiiim and plenty of pure air and sun-1 sun-1 liKbt. |