Rich County News | 1910-03-05 | Page 4 | Financial Loss through Tuberculosis

financial loss through tuberculosis bastil on the census of 1900 it la Is estimated by the national association tor for the study and prevention of 0 tuberculosis bercu losis that nearly children now in school will die of tuberculosis before they are IS 18 years ot of age or that about die annually from this disease estimating that on an average each child who dies of tuberculosis has had bad six years of schooling the aggregate loss to the country in wasted education each year amounts to according to investigations made in now new york boston and stockholm the percentage tago of children who are afflicted with tuberculosis Is much larger than the death rate would indicate