| Show LOWERING THE DEATH RATE report shows show it a gratifying decrease in the victims of tuberculosis during recent years at the conven convention tion of the national association for the study and prevention of tuberculosis held recently at seattle it was sho shown wn that the nation ni al death rate from tuberculosis has decreased from per in 1880 to 1466 in 1913 this decrease Is equivalent to the saving of lives in a single year it proves that the fight against the scourge is being waged wisely and effectively it to if estimated that there are today consumptives ives in the united states their existence means an economic less leas of a year any movement to lessen the number of suit sufferers eberst tr Is commendable not only from the standpoint of the humanitarian but also from that of the practical economist such figures are highly interesting just at present they show that while more than half the world Is almost wholly absorbed in the work of taking life the american republic remains concerned inthe business of saving life the contrast between the humanitarians manit arians in session at seattle and the strategy boards which are meeting today in all the great european c capitals ap Is sufficiently striking cleveland plain dealer |
