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Show MONEY LOST BY DISEASE AGGREGATES THOUSANDS Chicago, March 8. Chicago losts upward of $1,000,000 Jn real money. every ev-ery year by not properly aiding in the prevention of preventable disease, avoidable accidents and unnecessary lei's of life. This is the assertion of Dr. Kmil G. Hirsch, in a hearty endorsement of tho "Health sermons," Health Commissioner Com-missioner Evans has been preaching for two yenrs "We built the drainage canal at enormous expense." says Dr. Hirsch. i "but at a roal saving for Chicago. Ty- I phoid fever line become almost a curl- j osity in this city except as It comes In through the milk supply. If that Is j properly supervised and watched, ty- 1 phoid will almost completely disappear. disap-pear. "Consumption i larolv caused by greed, and the state should curb such greed.' You will fin. I consumption in the tenement houses-. Why ty men build tenements? Bocause thy arn , good investment!!; they bring In rent I in large quantities because of the number num-ber of persons crowded into tho houses. "The state should say that such greed of the- landlord does not fall into in-to rights of property. The owner who has no higher moral conscience than to contribute to the number of victims vic-tims of preventable disease should. fall under the harsh band of the state-, as he -does in many states of Europe. |