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statistics of the city of New York for the six years 

 ending in 1890. It was found to be 76.72 per 100,- 

 cxx), while for Irish, during the same period, it was 

 645.73, for coloured 531.35, for Germans 328.8, and 

 for native-born Americans 205.14. With reference 

 to age, the statistics show a comparatively low rate 

 below the age of fifteen, a rate of 252.4 between fif- 

 teen and forty-four, a smaller rate between forty-five 

 and sixty-four years of age (232.5), and a maximum 

 rate of 260.1 beyond the age of sixty-five. 



While pulmonary consumption is an extremely fatal 

 disease when those who contract it are obliged to 

 live under the unfavourable conditions which con- 

 tributed to its development, it is now well known that 

 cases in the early stages of the disease are very 

 amenable to suitable treatment, and that a consider- 

 able proportion of the cases recover under the influ- 

 ence of pure air and nourishing food. The fact that 

 there is no specific medication for the disease is set 

 forth in the following authoritative circular. 



"THE COMMITTEE ON THE PREVENTION OF TUBERCU- 

 LOSIS OF THE CHARITY ORGANISATION SOCIETY 

 OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK 



"WHEREAS, It has come to the knowledge of the Committee 

 on Tuberculosis of the Chanty Organisation Society that many 

 so-called specific medicines and special methods of cure for 

 tuberculosis have been and are being exploited and widely 

 advertised, and 



