THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Photograph from the New York Edison Company 



THE NEW YORK CITY HAL,L AT NIGHT 



New York, with an annual budget of two hundred million dollars, spends more for 

 municipal purposes than Canada spends for dominion purposes in peace times. Yet so great 

 is its wealth that the tax rate is less than two dollars per hundred of assessed value. 



school, and here undergoes medical ex- 

 amination at frequent intervals. Ade- 

 noids are no longer permitted to retard 

 its growth and mental development, bad 

 tonsils are removed, defective teeth are 

 cared for, and the poor child is given an 

 equal chance with the child of the well- 

 to-do to grow up into a healthy, normal 

 adult, girded with physical well-being 

 and mentally equipped for the warfare of 

 human progress. 



The work of food and drug inspection, 

 laboratory research, and other activities 

 might be discussed, but it is enough to 

 say that if "by their fruits shall ye know 

 them," then the New York health service 

 has exhibits to offer which splendidly 

 demonstrate what a municipality can do 

 toward promoting the well-being of its 

 people. 



Facing a density of population un- 

 equalled anywhere else, dealing with peo- 



