20,000,000 LOST BY GOLDS
costliest' of’ our discs sea is the common cold, said a medical officer of health. .. In one eeasbn Great Britain has from 60,000,000 to 80,000,000 colds. In loss of lowered working-capacity, medicines, and, doctors’ bills many a cold costs £lfl and upwards. , ' At' the iow average of 5s jper cold, the annual iosa is about £20,000,000Half of’ the colds, could be prevented if people were forbidden to cough and sneeze in publio places without, covering their months.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12039, 17 January 1925, Page 12
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