The White Plague.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 21, 18 November 1908, Page 38

The White Plague.

The terrible ravages of consumption in (treat Britain are graphically illustrated by two statements made in a new book by Dr. Arthur Newsholme, chief medical officer to the Local Government Board, entitled, “The Prevention of Tuberculosis”:— "No fewer than 60,205 persons died in England and Wales from consumption in 1904. “The total of the deaths from the acute infecious diseases was only 67,154 in the same year.” More than one-tenth of the deathrate, he says, is ? attributable to consumption. Ten million pounds a year, he declares, would be saved if the country could eliminate pulmonary consumption alone. A well-known insurance company has estimated the loss on each person who dies from consumption at between £2O and £25. The importance of the pasteurisation of milk is emphasised by Dr. Newsholme’s strong remarks on the danger of children acquiring the disease in the milk they drink.