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est kind of prohibition, iind all are now 

 watching and waiting to see what effect 

 it will have on the health and death rate 

 and on the increase of intelligence of its 

 Public School children. 



Of the small cities in the United States, 

 in Norwood, Ohio, population about 18,000, 

 where there is a very strict examination of 

 prostitutes with certificates, and local 

 option is in force, the death rate is 8 in 

 1,000, which is the lowest of any small or 

 large city in the United States. 



Compare these two cities, Seattle and 

 Norwood, with the following cities, where 

 there are no examinations or certificates 

 to prostitutes, and where liquor is freely 

 sold. See U. S. Government Report of 

 1912, page 13. 



Baltimore 18.2 



Boston ----- 16.4 



New York 14 . 66 



St. Louis - - - - 14.9 



Chicago 14.8 



