Show Stated in Cold Figures It costs on an average about to cure an incipient consumptive or orto orto orto to care for Cor an advanced case of tuber tuberculosis until death If he is left leftin In destitute destitute des des- circumstances without proper attention he will surely infect with his disease at least two other persons and possibly more Considering that the average life me is worth to society In dollars and cents about 1500 1600 the thenet thenet thenet net loss which would accrue to a community com corn by not treating its poor consumptives consumptives con con- in proper institutions would be be for each case including those who who- are unnecessarily infected at the very lowest figure On this basis If the poor consumptives in tn n the United States who are now sick were segregated segregated segregated segre segre- gated from their families and either kept in institutions until they died or else cured of their disease the savIng saving sav say ing lag to the country would be the enormous enormous enormous enor enor- sum um of |