Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1913 — Air Adulteration. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Air Adulteration.

In view of the recent decision in a New York court declaring the smoke ordinance of the board of health unconstitutional, the New York Medical Record asks the question, “Why make laws against food adulteration, in the consumption of which there is at least some choice, when air adulteration is allowed to go unmolested?” High

medical authorities have pointed out the ill effects of a smoke-filled atmosphere upon the mental as well as the physical health of the community, says the Indianapolis News. It has been shown that catarrhal affections, with their long train of sequelae, particularly tuberculosis, are increased. It has