Show WASTE INVOLVED IN ILLNESS serious matter to which far too lit tie attention has been give given by the country A spectacular a r event often attracts public ate attention enilo n while routine matters ot of larger magnitude go unnoticed for instance the whole country was recently acutely conscious of a question ot of wages amounting to it wills was an important question and the sum involved was vast but take another question involving wages the question of the illness of workers public health bulletin no of the public health service of the united states slates estimates on the basis of inquiries here find and abroad that the average industrial worker loses about nine days a year on account of illness this amounts to a loss to the workers of the country it Is estimated of SOO a year it if by better sanitation and safety devices the time could be reduced one halt there would be a saving of yet yetla it Is exceedingly difficult for health authorities to arouse interest in the question simply because it concerns everyday matters that lacks the excitement of a threatened tie up of transportation |