The broad ax., 1909-01-02
.TU5ERcULosIs CAMPAIGNS
GREAT PROGRESS.
g. More Work Done Last Year Than
Ever Before.


the opening Of the new year, the cam
paign against tuberculosis in the Unit
ed States exhibits the most remark
able progress that any movement for
social betterment has ever shown in
this country. During the past year.
the amount of activity and the number
Of people who have been reached by
this activity has been far in excess of
similar work that has been carried
on during the four years previous.
Measured by dollars, the campaign
against tuberculosis in the United
States during the year 1908, has cost
well over a million. Measured in the
number of workers, the campaign has
enlisted hundreds of thousands in its
ranks. Measured by the number of
institutions and organizations that
have been established during the yea
1908, more work of this sort has been
accomplished than during the entire
period before January l Of the year
just closing. For instance, before jan
uary 1, 1905, there were only 10 dis
pensaries in the United States provid-
ing special treatment for tuberculous
cases. Up to the year 1908, this num-
Der had increased to slightly over 10"
During the year 1908 alone, over 100
dispensaries providing special treat
ment for tuberculous patients have
been opened. The number Of tubercu-
losis sanatoria and hospitals opene7
in the year 1908 is more than so, a
figure which is four times that of the
amount of progress shown in this line
in any other year before 1908. The
number of associations having for
their object the study Of prevention
of consumption, established during
the year 1908, totals up to 12O, which !
figure again is more than the entir,
number which had previously been
established in the United States.
But not only in the number of in
situations but also in the variety q /
people interested and in the increas-
in workers, can the progress of the /
anti-tuberculosis campaign be mea-
sured. Never before in the history C
the United States have so many move
ments co-operated and allied to fg'
the common foe. the white plague
Never in any single year hav"
many different ranks of people been
stirred to activity in a movement for
the betterment of the condition of /
man, as during the year 1908. For
instance, during the past year from
one end of the country to the other.
the labor unions and working men
have been startled to a realization of
the fact that consumption is a disease
which affects them, and they have
been arming from east to west for the
fight against this common foe. Hand
in hand, the movement of the labor
unions has been the stimulus given to
the clergyman and the churches
throughout the country. Never before
have so many sermons on tuberculosis
been preached from the pulpits of the
various churches Of the country. The
schools, too, have been aroused both
through special institutions for the
treatment of tuberculosis children and
by means Of special instruction to the
in the regular grades in the [
schools. Hundreds Of children have !
been instructed on the dangers Of tu-
berculosis. State Legislatures. gov
officials, business concerns,
factory owners, social workers, men
and women OF all sorts of classes have
Turing this past year been aroused to
interest in the campaign
against consumption.
OF the influences which have con-
ributed to produce this result, pro
1ably the most weighty, has been the
Congress on Tuberculo-
lis which was held in Washington
Turing the latter part Of September
md the first part Of October, attract
ng, as it did. the attention Of men
md women in every State in the I'm
on. Representatives were present
rom almost every section of the coun
~, and the benefit derived from this
Inspiring gathering has doubtless Civ
n the greatest impetus to activity in
he fight against consumption that
his country has ever experienced.
The National Association for the
Study and Prevention Of Tuberculosis
y means Of fits constant propaganda
md its two travelling exhibits. has al
o helped to contribute to the success
4 the campaign. Particularly Is this
% in regard to the work being car
fed On in the South. The Red Cross
yfamn HamnafOn nth a.. % n-oo ana |