DUST AND ITS DANGERS. 63 



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A glance over the mortality in various cities 

 in different parts of the world, as it comes to 

 us in the very latest reports, shows everywhere 

 the same story. We find in Dr. Tracy's report 

 to the Health Department of New York City 

 for the week ending March 22, 1890, that in 

 New York City, out of 772 deaths from all 

 causes, 121 were from consumption. In Chi- 

 cago, out of 2,072 deaths, 178 were from con- 

 sumption. In London, out of 1,889 deaths, 

 206 were from consumption. In St. Peters- 

 burg, out of 617 deaths, 128 were from con- 

 sumption. In Paris, out of 1,214 deaths, 248 

 were from consumption. In Vienna, out of 470 

 deaths, 116 were from consumption. In Berlin, 

 out of 650 deaths, 96 were from consumption. 



These are the bald relentless records of the 

 deaths. But who shall adequately picture, or 

 even remotely conceive, the shattered ambi- 

 tions, the long weary hours of distress and 

 suffering and struggle, the slow weeks and 

 months, lighted fitfully now and then by gleams 

 of fictitious hope, which lead to the last long 

 release. And what shall be said of the deso- 

 lated homes and scattered families, and pov- 



