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is no hope of an eugenic improvement of the race ; on the con- 

 trary, under such conditions, for every single diseased person 

 killed off there is at least one to take his place ; so that even 

 supposing that tuberculous persons only had one child each, 

 nevertheless, the elimination of the parent generation would bring 

 no advantage ; for as fast as this generation was exterminated 

 another would take its place. But there is no reason to limit 

 the fertility of tuberculous parents to a single child ; and there- 

 fore, thanks to our hygienic measures for the artificial prolonga- 

 tion of enfeebled juvenile life, the residt we achieve is the in- 

 crease of the number pf tuberculous persons in the community. 

 And yet we find so eminent an authority as Sir William Broad- 



FiG. 7. — Child under Five elimi- Fig. 8. — Man of Fokty - five 

 nated by tubbeculosis. eliminated by tubbbculosis 



after having reproduced two 

 Offspring. 



bent advocating the removal of tuberculous children from their 

 surroundings, in accordance with the suggestions of Professor 

 Grancher in France, in order to preserve their lives and permit 

 them subsequently to beget new generations of weaklings. 

 " In France," says the report of Sir William Broadbent's address, 

 " far more attention has been paid to this question than in Eng- 

 land, and the hospitals of Ormesson and Villepinte provided 

 accommodation for about 500 children suffering from pulmonary 

 tuberculosis. In England an excellent beginning had been made 

 in the Millfield Home for children suffering from pidmonary 

 tuberculosis, which home was under the control of the Metro- 



