Show Tuber culos s death rates the death rate from tuberculosis among men employed in occupations exposed to municipal and general gene raI or ganic or street dust Is higher than among other employed males male accord ing to a recent bulletin of the bureau of labor of the department of corn com merce and labor the percentage ot of deaths from consumption among males exposed to organic dust is 23 while the percentage tor for all males in the registration area Is 14 8 the ver percentage of deaths from tuberculosis among workers exposed to metal lie dust is very much higher |