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Show Tuberculosis Death Rates. The death rate from tuberculosis among men employed in occupations exposed to municipal and general organic or-ganic or street dust is higher than among other employed males, according accord-ing to a recent bulletin of the bureau of labor of the department of commerce com-merce and labor. The percentage of deaths from consumption among males exposed to organic dust is 23, while the percentage for all males in the registration area is 14.8. The percentage of deaths from tuberculosis tuberculo-sis among workers exposed to metallic metal-lic dust is very much higher. |