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four times a day with disinfecting lotions as that 

 the clothes and bed linen should be thoroughly 

 disinfected/ 



TUBERCULOSIS. 



Tuberculosis, in its varied protean guises, is one 

 of the most widespread and deadly diseases in these 

 northern latitudes. It has been stated that at any 

 given time there are 200,000 persons in this country 

 suffering from phthisis pulmonalis the commonest 

 form of the disease and in each year nearly 70,000 

 persons die from it. The following tables show the 

 death-rates per million from tuberculosis at different 

 ages : 



(a) From Phthisis. 



(b) From other Tubercular Diseases. 



Tuberculosis is known by various names, according 

 to the parts of the body the disease may happen to 

 attack, or according to the kind of lesions it pro- 



