Tuberculosis in Street Dust

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 20, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 29.

Tuberculosis in Street Dust.

Authorities in New York City tell us “that five years work as a street sweeper in New York make the average individual a consumptive.” We are further told that there would not be so much danger if the streets were sprinkled before sweeping, as are the streets of the cities of Europe. This is a hint to householders, especially where there are careless consumptives who eject the germ-laden sputum on the floor or in the yard.