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Show Whero Japanls Negligent. Dr. Ync- wSfckpxkl th" House of Itoprosentatvci; proclaimed In a recent ilebstp that moro than 1H0,-000 1H0,-000 persona Bwcumb annually to tuberculosis tub-erculosis In Jajan, nnd tho numbor Is constantly Incraslnft. In regard to leprosy, he stattd: "There is no country coun-try in tho world In which this discaso Ib so prevalent and so neglected. Tho Homo Ofllco returns Bhow that there are 33,059 lepers la Japan, whllo their offspring number 999,300. Tho authorities au-thorities allow leprous beggars to sit on tho public streets nnd to Infect tho very air with their splttlo." |