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Show MOW MUCH IS VOUR LIFE WORTH : 01 pfj I Five hundred million dollars per an LLB l i r nuui is what luberculo-1 LLB S country merely lor the diminished H, n length ol life brought about by th ti threat white plugue. I Thl Is ntirel;. apart from the enur- j j iOous additional expense irli rt IBl iJotn the long period id sickness due in iBborcnlosIn LLHfW 13 t'onnttng - f ae.- frmu lnab'i- LLhIb "1 (31 'tJ- ' W(rk. the BOBi of medical, nan y Y ; j Ag and extrado tal y and other care, f I T j many more millions must be added 10 ii 'be above. In order to give an approxl I K ' iaote measure of the fearful toll of thll -courge of mankind. 1 j Criticism has been made that it is PPH vf.rong to translate the - .lis B j ease into terms of dollurs Ht Nevertheless, much as one may sym PPpB',1 ! pa'hize with this view, there is value PPpB 'J.l i : i d .lirerting attention to the mere eco LLHla n nomlc loss entailed b disease Bl ; IIP tuberculosis, especially? this Is of B, 1 1 i -n ice. for the control of the diseast Bil I II largely a community problem, and B . 1 requires community lnioreiif AU n B 1 nhnriRl support B ,4 ! 'Faced with many important prob- B; 1 1ms of public welfare, the eommnnn y j r, w.ili be more willlnc to give adequate B ., J L sapport to measures for the control or BasHa ll tuberculosis, if It can be assured that PPPBll i 1 Bis Is economically a sound Invent B j nent. Bkl J ' Moreover, once the enormous finan B I ) elal burden entailed by the presence B-Vj j of tuberculosis is realized, there will Bll .-J greater vrllllnpntss to face some of the difficult economic and social problems prob-lems which lie nt the root of this prevalent pre-valent disease. Sooner or later the community will j realize the necessity of dealing effec-j iiv. ly with such questions as adequate wages, decent housing, sanitary work Ing conditions, hialth education, and insurance against sickness. N'on" of these things cap be had without cost, but expenditures on such constructive preventive measures are jess than the toll now exacted by-a by-a host of preventable diseases. I Are you interested ' Do you wan' to hop? Would you like to Inform yourself as to what constitutes :n ade quate health program for the modern American community? If so writo'to Ihe Information diior. I United States public health nervice. and ask for the rpiini entitled "la Your Community Fit." |