LETTER SORTING.
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE. LICKING OF STAMPS DANGEROUS. WARNINGS NOT HEEDED. (By Telcgraph.-l'ress Association -Copyright) (Rec. July 12, 11.30 p.m.) Molbourno, July 12. Giving evidence beforo tho Postal Commission, tho vice-president of tho Lettor-Sorters , Association declared that tho largo percentage of deaths from tuberculosis among let-tor-sorters was duo to tho unhealthy conditions under which tho men worked. ' He stated that complaints made to tho Department had 'not boen heeded. It was estimated that 8 per cent, of tho deaths of Ict-tcr-sortors were caused by consumption. In tho opinion of witness, tho habit of people licking stamps communicated consumption. ', ( •
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 558, 13 July 1909, Page 5
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98LETTER SORTING. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 558, 13 July 1909, Page 5
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