Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1906 — Damp Winds Aid Consumption. [ARTICLE]

Damp Winds Aid Consumption.

In the current number of the British Medical Journal, Drs. Gordon and Harper present statistics' of consumption in North Devonshire for forty-four years. From these it appears that the important consideration jn the relative distribution of the disease is the presence or absence of strong, persistent, rain-laden winds. The deaths from phthisis in the districts where the damp winds blew most frequently were .999 per 1,000, as against 1.39 elsewhsr*. .