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Show WASTE INVOLVED IN ILLNESS Serious Matter to Which Far Too Little Lit-tle Attention Has Been Given by the Country. A speelaoular event often attracts public attention, while routine matters o.C larger magnitude go unnoticO. For i-vtance, the whole country as recently re-cently acutely conscious of a question of wages amounting to ?r0,000,00. It was an important question and tit 6 sum involved was vast. I'.ut take another question Involving wages the question, of the illness of workers. Public health bulletin No. 70 of the public health service of the United States estimates on the basis of inquiries h-re and abroad that the average indusi: lal worker loses about nine days a year on account of illness. This amounts to a loss to the workers work-ers of the country, it is estimated, of 800,000,000 a year. If by better sanitation san-itation and safety devices the time could be reduced one-half, there would be a saving of $400,000,000. .Yet if is exceedingly (lillieult for health authorities author-ities to arouse interest in the question, sKipIy because it concerns everyday matters that lacks the excitement of a threatened tie-up of transportation. |