THE WHITE PLAGUE
LONDON, August A
The National Association for the Prevention of Consumption opened its session in the Wesleyan Hall, Westminster, today.
A man and four suffragettes had to be ejected, after several sharp struggles, before Mr Asquith was able formally to welcome the delegates. Dr Wood head {pathologist at Cambridge University), referring to the value of tuberculin, said that under proper conditions it exerted a favourable influence, but it never conferred complete immunity on man or animals. An indiscriminate end unintelligent use of it constinted a great danger, and it -had equal power for evil and good. August 6. In the course of his speech Mr Asquith eulogised the considerable amount of work done to check the scourge. Tie said there was reason to expect greater progress hi the future, this being due largely to the steady and continuous improvement in sanitation and more decent dwellings.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3100, 13 August 1913, Page 23
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