Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1920 — 3.000,000 IN FRANCE ILL WITH CONSUMPTION [ARTICLE]

3.000,000 IN FRANCE ILL WITH CONSUMPTION

Three million persons in France are estimated to be suffering from “war** tuberculosis-consumption resulting directly from war causes, including poison gas, poor nourishment and nervous shock. Mortality is especially significant among infants born into families of French soldiers who fought in the war.