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Show oo THE RED CROSS SEALS. W hile the Red Cross seal campaign jis on In Ogden, it Is well to get a better bet-ter understanding of the nature of th-good th-good tho revenue from the scats pro duces Back of the persuasion which induces buying of the seals is a de-sire de-sire to lift from humanity much of the suffering inflicted by tuberculosis There is no disease that carries with it more of heartaches for families than the slow, devitalizing affliction com ! monly known as "consump ion ' The! mountain regions have not haa the serious se-rious battle with the "white plague" that has been experienced in the oast' and yet there Is much work ot a pro ventlve nature to be putsued 'n this I field. A bulletin from the National Tuberculosis Tuber-culosis Association, states that Balti more figures her yearly economic los. from tuberculosis to be ?3,269.G70. This conclusion is arrived at by a purely arbitrary line of reasoning, nc-j QOrdlnc to A K Sinlra tary of the Maryland Tuberculosis Association, As-sociation, but one he considers to be in accord with actual fac- The Mary land organization Is one of the looO state and local societies affiliated with (the National Tuberculosis Association, now directing the Red Crcs Christ-!mas Christ-!mas seal sale to raise $6,600,000, the drive lasting from December 1 to 10. Last year tho reported do.uhs from tuberculosis in this city were 1,493," said Mr. Sinks. "Judging from tne findings of the tuberculosis demonstration demonstra-tion at Farmington, Mass , we hove the authority to say that thore are prob ably nine active cases for every death, jthus making 13,437 cases in Baltimore this year. "Based upon some ten years' experience exper-ience in tuberculosis relief work 1 have estimated that one-'hlrd of these , victirasi if in health, 'would be wage earners, I have also assumed that tins group of 4,479 lost In wages on an av- i erago of ?2 daily; the total group los Ing daily $S,958. or in a year's time $3,269,670' This simple method of calculation may be followed by any city or com ' munity which dpsires to know Its eco nomic loss. |
