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Show 5EHBU COMBATS TYPHUS ENEMY 3H Serbia, Bepl 20 (Corn -sponeneei Sanitation and preventive medicine ure the greatest needs of Ber-lLi Ber-lLi toda'- With the approach of cold weather, the country win be called upon to combat her old enemy, typhus. American and foreign relief "rni'a-tions "rni'a-tions win aid the Serbian authorities in this work. Human conservation is one of Serbia's Ser-bia's great problems. War and dlseaJe j have sadlv depleted he population 1 ltefore the war the birthrate of r- bla was higher than her dfath rate.. In spite of the Inroads or epidemics her population was Increasing at in--rate of 86,000 a year Now It Is decreasing. de-creasing. Denefll of .her man-power and with her woman and children or- j ganlcally waited, the uursiion of population popu-lation to till ihe soil and build up ih-country ih-country is a most serious one Another pressing problem facing the country is the immense number of orphans. In old Serbia there are 60,-000 60,-000 full orphans and .tOO.OOO half orphans. or-phans. nll 6,000 of these arc- cared for In orphanages supported by Ihe government or foreign agenetev Th" rest are placed In private homes, where they are not always welcome guests on account of the scarcity ofj food and the other necessaries of life. I : |