Show churches and tuberculosis sta statistics showing how serious a problem tuberculosis Is to the ordinary church congregation have been issued by the national association for the tha study and prevention of tuberculosis cul cu losis from reports received from over churches with a membership of over communicants ot of twenty denominations and from cities and towns in 12 states in various parts of the country out of nearly deaths in 1910 0 over er or 10 per cent were caused by tuberculosis this means meana deaths for every thousand members or communicants white while the percentage of deaths from tuberculosis compared with other diseases Is not higher in the churches according to these figures than in the country at ai large the tuberculosis death rate as shown by the church tea returns Is is higher per thousand com mun mii cants mcants than that for the general population in the reg registration istra 1 tion area arda of the united states which the census bureau gayo gave as in 1909 |