ascertaining of cases is both 43»coik plete and in many instances too late. Poverty. Bad housing conditions, which reduce the convalescent’s chance of recovery and facilitate the spread of the disease among the family. Milk, the staple food of childhood, may contain living tuberculosis bacilli, for which pastuerisation would be an effective safeguard, and the industrial barrier, creating the difficulty of reabsorbing into industry persons capable of only part time employment and then but intermittently. There was a good deal of uanecessary nervousness on the part of many people over tuberculosis, remarked Dr. Keith. The majority of people who had the disease were not infectious; the publicity about it should dwell not so much on its risks, as its eur» bility if taken in time. Baty Bros, are rne only manufacturers of Pasteurised Milk on the West "oast. Ring Phone 411 and they will call.
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Grey River Argus, 23 April 1929, Page 2
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