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Show WAR AGAINST CONSUMPTION In the United States the consumption consump-tion death rate is falling In a dozen or more cities but in the country al large it is not falling New York and Boston have cut their consumption rates in half Many other cities have done well, but not so well as the above named cities, and the rate !ii the rural districts Is Increasing slow In (Jermanv, prior to the insurance period, the consumptive rate was sta tlonary Soon after insurance was begun be-gun the rate began to fall The rate for all Germany has falleD from 9 26 per 1,000 to 165 The rate for Cer man cities fell from 3.1 to 2 2 In when the anti-consumption crusade of the pension boards began. Since then the fall has continued until now the lities rate Is lower than the rural rate. Dawson quotes Prof Kayserling of Berlin and Prof Frankel. who rank i amongst the highest German author lities upon the subject, as attributing jthe progress made "more to the Industrial In-dustrial insurance laws than to an. other cause, owing to the fact that these laws have placed within the reach of the working classes sources (of healing which were never dreamt ol before - There is little room for doubt that, before many j years have passed, this scourge of the race will be robbed of its terrors and I take its place as one of the minor .if I ; Mictions of mankind Prof. Kayserling also says "We I will conquer this disease by tai recognition rec-ognition of the fact that we have to Ideal with a specific infectious disease' caused by the tubercle bacillus and oy idi ne largest possiDle development develop-ment of treating tuberculosis by means of the machinery of Industrial insurance " Nor is the effect of these measures limited to tuberculosis It seems im possible to deny to insurance legislation legisla-tion some credit for the fact that, dur ing the last twenty-five years, the rate of mortality for the whole empire ha fallen from 25 4 per 1,000 to 19 for the last ten year period and 16.2 for 1910 In Germany the contention is general gen-eral that the effect of the insurance legislation and of the various activities activi-ties to Which it has given rise Ins been marked improvement in the physical, phy-sical, mental and moral condition not only of the insured, but of the poorer section of the population, and this improvement im-provement Is reflected in a higher i standard of civilization and of eco-jnomic eco-jnomic efficiency." I The authorities seem agreed than an improvement in the efficiency of .men has been one of the noticeable 'achievements of the better housing and better health resulting from these lawB |