The White Plague
RESULT OF BAD SOCIAL CONDITIONS Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, July !} v At the Tuberculosis Conference at Ueils, Sir William Ostler declared that W per cent, of the people have a small area of the lungs affected by tuberculosis. When the workers had a living wage their houses would become homes and the nation would spend on food what it now spends on drink. Millions would thus become immune. An inspector of factories asserted that the dry sweeping of floors was more objectionable than expectorating.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 43, 11 July 1914, Page 5
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89The White Plague Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 43, 11 July 1914, Page 5
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