Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1912 — Subject for the Minister. [ARTICLE]

Subject for the Minister.

According to reports gathered by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, practically 10 per cent, of all deaths /in church congregations are caused by tuberculosis. In a study of 312,000 communicants of 725 chuches in which there were 7,000 deaths in 1910, the death rate among these churchmembers was found to be 2.24 for every thousand communicants. This is higher than the rate for the registration area of the United States, which was 1.60 in 1910. “While these statistics,’ says the national association, “are not comparable from the point of view of accuracy with those of the bureau of census, sufficient credence may be given to them to indicate that one of the most serious problems the ordinary church has to consider is that of the devastation of its membership by tuberculosis. Every minister in the United States should give this subject some attention during the week preceding or that following April 28, Tuberculosis day."