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(9) Funds.—The various activities mentioned in this note are all legitimate objects
upon whi ch t he funds of t he Associ at i on may be spent . In al l ocat i ng funds i n t he
first instance an endeavour should be made to spend not less than 75 per cent. on
institutions and organisations primarily of a preventive character (the chief of
which is the Tuberculosis Clinic) and in this way districts will derive immediate
benefit from the sums contributed by them.
(10) Housing.—In view of the widespread existence of slum conditions which
contribute so largely to tuberculosis in urban areas and of the tendency that unfor-
t u n a t e l y p e r s i s t s t o w a r d s t h e c r e a t i o n o f m o r e o v e r c r o w d e d a r e a s , T u b e r c u l o s i s
Associations should take a leading part in stimulating measures directed towards the
removal of existing slum conditions and their prevention in future.
- (11) Education Work.—All kinds of educative work on the Control and Prevention
of Tuberculosis fall within the scope of a Tuberculosis Association and should form
an important part of its activities."
9. A note on the constitution and activities of the King George Thanks-
giving (Anti-Tuberculosis) Fund will be found in Chapter XI. With a
limited income the activities of the Fund have been confined to propaganda,
education and preventive work. In these spheres the Committee have
considered the Tuberculosis Dispensary Clinics to be of the greatest im-
portance and have widely circulated a pamphlet (The Tuberculosis Clinic)
in which its objects and functions have been defined as follows:—
"Objects.—It is the centre of anti-tuberculosis effort in a town or rural
area.
The primary object of the clinic is prevention of disease but its
organisation must never be other than elastic and ready to meet changing
circumstances. It stands first for diagnosis, to collect information as to
the spread of disease, to discover the early cases of pulmonary tuberculosis
and to undertake observation of contacts, it seeks to get into touch with
those who may have been infected and tries to prevent disease arising as
a result of infection. Its activities should be co-ordinated with the local
hospitals, the local health authorities, and with unofficial organisations
concerned in the promotion of health, such as the Indian Red Cross
Society, Maternity and Child Welfare Committees, etc. The co-operation
of other local charitable organisations should also be sought.
" Functions.
(i) Detection.—It is an organisation which will seek out and deal with
tuberculosis patients, their families and contacts.
(ii) Diagnosis.—It is a specialist organisation designed for the diagnosis
of patients suffering from tuberculosis.
(iii) Prevention.—It is a health organisation including on its staff
personnel whose duty is to visit patients' homes for the purpose of giving
advice and arranging for the examination of contacts with a view to arrest-
ing the further spread of the disease.
(iv) Education.--It should provide education primarily for infected
patients, their families and contacts, but also for the general public, on
matters connected with tuberculosis.
(v) Survey.—It should organise surveys to estimate the extent of the
disease in its area.
(vi) Co-ordination.--It should, with the assistance of local hospitals,
local bodies, health and child welfare authorities, co-ordinate all the anti-
tuberculosis activities in its area.