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HEALTH 



have been reduced 75 per cent, and typhoid is generally termed a 

 vanishing disease. The death rate of tuberculosis has been reduced 



about 50 per cent. Diph- 

 theria is now preventable 

 and is becoming infre- 

 quent. In states where 

 prophylactic measures 

 are used, the Board of 

 Health expects to have 

 the disease under com- 

 plete control by 1930. 

 The diseases that may 

 be considered as largely 

 under individual control 

 show increasing death 

 rates. Heart conditions, 

 diabetes, and kidney 

 diseases are examples of 

 these. They are, to 

 some extent, dependent upon a person's habits of living. 



It is an accepted fact that the general life expectancy span 

 at birth is increased. Believing that every one has the right to 

 live, science has enabled us to bolster up the weakling at birth 

 and all along the way but eventually he drops out, the fight is 

 too great. Science has decreased the infant mortality rate only 

 to have the weaker ones die at a younger age than those with a 

 stronger physical start. If life is to be lengthened at the other 

 end, every individual must take more interest in, and insist on 

 living hygienically. Much is still to be done. Ten years could 

 be added to the expectation of life if all sections of the popu- 

 lation could live under the same favorable conditions that are 

 enjoyed by groups and communities where the death rates are 

 unusually low. Individuals must be educated to have an intelli- 



Undenvood & Underwood 



A physical examination includes the taking of one's pulse 

 rate and temperature. 



