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Show WASTE INVOLVED IN ILLNESS Sorloua Matter to Which Far Too Lit-tlo Lit-tlo Attention Has Been Given by the Country. A spectacular event often allrncls public attention, while routine mailers of larger iiiiignll ude go uniiol ie-vl. For l-vlanee, Ihe whole cnunlry v. as recently re-cently acutely conscious of n question of wages ounllng lo .VoO.ooo.oixi. It was mi Important question ami the sum Involved was vast. litil take another question Involving wages the question of the Illness of workers. Public health bulletin No. Til of Ihe public health service i.r Ihe United Slates estimates on the basis of Inquiries hii and abroad Hint the average Imlnsnlal winker loses about nine days a year ou account of Illness. Tl'! nmounis to a loss to the work-e-t (if Ihe country, It Is estimated, of SIKl.tMio.iMHI a year. If by better sanitation san-itation and safety devices the time could he reduced oue-hnlf. there would be a saving of is iiiii.oiki.oiki. Yet If Is exevredingly dillletilt for health authorities author-ities to arouse Interest In the question, slNiply because It concerns everyday mailers that lacks the excitement of u threatened tie-up of transportation. |