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fte Bo~ 8oo8ta meet at the Church at 'I :10 Tbunday eYeDI~, J'ebru&JT 11. the ctlreetiOD of lladame Glhteroy Scott The church oftlce Ia In chara'e of lila FaDing sharply in 1927, mortality on 'l'launda7 evenlac, February lt, at LouiN Belpp aDd Ia open c1ally ftom 9 8 o·clock. to 11 and from 1 to 5. Saturdays from from tuberculosb in Illinois . rounded 9 to 1!. out a full decade of unbroken annual The WUmette Baptl.a t church Is located declines ancl gave to .the state its The choir meetll for reheanlal ucler - at the comer of Wilmette and Forest lowest recorded fatality rate .from that avenues. widely prevalent and highly fatal disorder~ according to statistics made public this week by Dr. Isaac D. Rawlings, state health director. With 5381 deaths charged against the disease in . 1927, a drop of 108 below the fitture for 1926, the mortality rate per 100,000 population stood at 73.6 and 76.3 for the two years respectively, a slump of 3H per cent. The reduction during the ten years amounted to ove1 45 per cent. "All of the decline took place down:.. state," said Dr. Rawlings. "In Chipgo the number of deaths from tuberculosis in 1927 was 2552 and that for 1926 was 2530, an unfavorable difference of 22. The mort~lity rate, however, based upon an estimated population of 3,102,10), dropped a trifle in the big city, slipping from 83.0 to 82.2. "Down-state the number· of deaths decreased from · 2965 to 2835, a favorable difference of 1.Jl. This caused the mortality rate to fall from 71.3 to 67.5 for the entire state outside Chica~m. a new emphasis that the more sparse the population the more favorable the o_!)portunity for eradicating tuberculosis. . "The continuous downward trend of the mortality rate from tuberculosis is one of the most encouraging features in the whole field of public health service. In the first place it iC\ a diseal;e that robs humanity of individual~ in their very best years of life. The bulk of the rnortalitv occurs in people between 15 and 40 years of age. "In the second olace. the eradiratin'l of tuberculosis depends verv larg;elv upon intetligent action by individuals and families. Measures like water ourification. milk pasteurization. sewa~e disposal. mosquito abatement, etc., that can be managed by a few peoole on a community scale and that ar~> ~o effective against typhoid fever, yellow fever, malaria. cholera and · the lilc-e ~re not aoplicable to tuberrulosis. Conseouentlv the continuous advancement al!'ainst tuberculosiC\ indicateC\ a vrowing pooular appreciation of preventive medicine that au~ers well for even ~!Teater imorovemerit antf pro<!ress af!'ainst all communicable ailments. "If the 1927 rate of decline were to prevail steadily in the future, Illinois would be completely free from tuber~ulosis in 'Z1 years." Miss Eleanor Thayer. daughter of . Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Thayer of the Linden Crest, returned to the Universi- · t:v of Illinois last Sunday afternoon after spending the mid-semester. holidays at home. Mrs. Thayer accomoanied her and returned to Wilmette Monday evening. -a- Cornelius Van Schaack returned the early oart of this week to the University of Illinois after spending the midsemester holidavs with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Van Schaack of 614 Linden avenue. . -oMr;;. C. A. Pervier of 2203 ChanceDor street, Evanston, entP.rtained nests from Wilmette and Winnetka at luncheon and bridge last Tuesday afternoon. . -ollrs. E. L. Koeniar of 1028'Eimwood avenue entertained thirty-two RUe'lts at tea last Sunday evening for her daughter, :U:arpret.