Show disease a dear article bv careful calculation the cost of malarial fever in texas alone Is esti mated by dr woldert to be at least 5 a year and probably nearer one person in teelie in some places Is down with the disease what a good business plan it would be to save three fourths or nine tenths of this wasted money by pret ent ng the disease no physician doubts the possibility the methods of creven tion are well known and are easily car ried out the public homeier at least its lawmakers cannot be brought to real ize the wisdom of such economy money can be found for juni etmo tours public buildings of a cal character and a hundred less feces earv measures but nothing or next to nothing for stopping the greatest loss to the community that from disease for every dollar spent to pay public health officers and the expense of preventive medicine there can be saved it is this al aspect uc fortun abely that must be emphasized and which long enough and loudly enough re aerated may at last bring about some attention bract cal law making on the part of our legislative bodies some ph lanthrop st should give a 1000 prize for the best essay on the subject the expense of disease to the state designed to how the common people how much could be saied by boards of health if made ac arv e and powerful by p money and support such a pamphlet sent and repeated ly ent to every loter sheild in time establish competent health boffl cers and then lessen the mortality rite by halt and the morbidity figures fig ures by three fourths for every death there are tt years of s and even w th our present knowledge at leat halt of this waste of money and I 1 fe is unnecessary american magazine |