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Show Ilenllli In tht French Army, According to iln nCncial report of the French minister of w;ir the mortality anion;; lln- l-'n-nch troops lias fallen from twelve loei;;lit per lliousninl during the lust year. I-Vom 1870 to 1887 there have occurred Ml. ti-IH crim-a of typhoid fever and 21,11(1 dnal.lia. Tlio percentage of this diseasu lias materially decreased of lale, owing tu the attention that is being paid to pine water supply in the barracks. bar-racks. The value of vaccination is proved liv the fact that the number of snudlpox c.'tes has fiillett from 1,012 to 2-12, and these were mostly among re Tuits. Seicu |