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The havoc, canned by the present influenza epidemic must surely direct more attention to the prevention of disease and its accompanying consequences. Some remarks by William C. Gorgas, SurgeonGeneral of the United States Army, who cleaned up Havana and successfully elimin-! ated disease from Panama, making possible the triumph of the construction of tho' Canal, will be read with interest. In a ! speech at Cincinnati he said, Sanitation, I in my mind ( has been very closely associated with single tax. Sanitation is most needed by the class of people who would be most benefited by the single tat That poverty was the greatest cause; of bad sanitary conditions was very early impressed upon me. .-. : . In ft city such as Panama or Havana the vacant lots and unimproved neighbourhood were the locali-1 ties which always gave us most sanitary 1 trouble. I was soon convinced that if anyscheme were brought about whereby it would be disadvantageous for speculators' to hold vacant places out of use, this scheme would be of the greatest value for sanitation."—(Advt.) Get your strength up quietly by taking "Amco." '-'..■-. 6 "Nazol for Influenza and Catarrh." The restorative properties of "Amco" are unique. "Nazol for Infiuenea and Catarrh." .'. "Amco" is richest in food value, light, and easily digested. { "Nazol for TnfluenEa and Catarrh,'-

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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17011, 19 November 1918, Page 6

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Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17011, 19 November 1918, Page 6

Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17011, 19 November 1918, Page 6