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Show ' YOUR HEALTH I ev or f m bishop. SPITTING AND INFLUENZA. BY DR R. H. BISHOP. Whatever causes are chiefly repon H 11 le for the large number of case ol H .md Krppe aud their arch J ally, pneumonia. It is certain that th, creat amount of promiscuous spitting does not help in preventing the spread of diseases. B It ma) lie that the malignant effect-of effect-of spitting are not exceedinly gren' at, since we cannot estimate the H number of cases due to this cause, il would be a wl-e '.bins for all commit nltles lo become strict about this mat Mi towns, and communities have sntl-ipittfnsj ordinances, which r. persistently broken thousands of tlnr i daily It is a common slrht to see peopb. rid and young, of both sexes, spit afj the sidewalk. It li not only an Indecent habit thai Bl on the finer senslblh-ties senslblh-ties Ol right minded people but it il palpably a daugerous menace to tie .health of us all. Tho serm of tuberculosis Is present in millions in the spit of a consump-It consump-It la almost entirely througl, Itbi. spit of consumptives that the serm ol this dread disease is cominu jnicated to others. is reasonable then to state lha: in uh "flu" ;ind crlppe could be pre vented by public health officials It I ipittlBt i" public places. Promiscuous coughing is also a pub I lie menace, especially in street car and motor buses. Why not dig up those dusty aoti j spitting laws and put them In force T |