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Show TUBER) i U SIS 3PR1 ls TOKIO, Aug. 20. (Correspondence) Tuberculosis sufferers are on the inert in-ert ' In Japan, tht latest ret urns ln-d ln-d lea ting th' total number at over 1,-000 1,-000 000. Statistics formerly showed the mortality mor-tality at the rate oT one In every four patients. The litest tendency, however, how-ever, Is toward a gradual decrease in the death rate. The spread of the disease s attributed to the Inadequacy of preventive measures. Tho authorities authori-ties have decided to establish a charity hospital for consumptives in each prefecture. |