Show Churches and Tuberculosis Statistics showing how serious a problem tuberculosis is to the ordinary nary church congregation have been Issued b by the National Association for forthe tho the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis Tuber Tuber- From reports received from over churches with a membership of over communicants communicants' of twenty denominations and from dues cities and towns In 12 states In vanous various various vari van ous parts of the country out of nearly deaths in 1910 over or 10 per cent were caused by tuberculosis This means deaths for every thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand members or communicants While the percentage of deaths from tuberculosis compared with other diseases dis dis- dis eases cases is not higher in the churches according to these figures than in the country at large the tuberculosis death d rate as shown by the church returns i is higher per thousand communicants com corn com than that for the general population In the registration area of the United States which the census tU bureau eal gave a as in 1909 |