Willmar tribune., 1909-09-15
Guaranteed Circulation. 2.Aoo.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. Is, 1909.
THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST
TUBERCULOSIS.

TUBERCULOSIS.
Appropriations of over 81 600, 600
for the suppression of consumption
have been made by kwenty-eight
state legislatures in session during
the past year, according to a state
ment for the Study and Prevention
of tuberculosis.
Since January l, 1909, forty-three
state and territorial legislatures
have been in session. OF this num-
Der, % have passed laws pertaining
to tuberculosis; eight others have
considered such legislation. and in
only seven states no measures about
consumption were presented. In
all, 101 laws relating to the preven-
tion or treatment of human tuber-
culosis were considered and out of
this number ga were passed.
OF the sixty-four laws passed,
fourteen were in reference to build
ing new state institutions. New
state sanatoria for tuberculosis will
be built in Pennsylvania, Connecti-
cut, where three will be erected.
Arkansas. Oregon. South Dakota,
North Dakota and Florida. In
New York, North Carolina. Indi-
ana, Massachusetts,, New Hamp-
shire and Maine. appropriations
have been made for enlarging sana-
toria, already being built or in op-
GRAFTON. There are now ~ states
where such institutions have been
established. Every state east of
the Mississippi, except illinois,
Nv. Virginia, Kentucky. Tennessee,
South Carolina and Mississippi have
provided hospitals for tuberculosis
patients.
| Five states, Illinois. New York
Ohio, Minnesota and Iowa, power
was giving their county officers
power to erect tuberculosis sana.
toria without resorting to a special
vote. In Maine, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, New Jersey, Michi-
gan, Iowa and Kansas, laws provid-
ing for the strict reporting and re-
gistration of tuberculosis were
passed. Only five other states, In
Guiding the District of Columbia,
have such laws. The National asso-
citation considers laws Of this char
acter as the first requisite in an or
ganized movement against tubercu-
losis.
Laws prohibiting promiscuous
splitting in public places, were
passed in Maine. Pennsylvania, New
Jersey. Kansas and Connecticut.
Spitters in these states will be pros
ecuted and fined.
Ten states have this year granted
nearly 800, coo to be spent only for
the education of the public about
tuberculosis. In some statee travel
ing exhibitions will be used. while
in others lectures and literature
will be the chief means Of educa-
tion. The states making provisions
of this sort are California. New
Jersey, Kansas. New York. Rhode
Island, Iowa. Minnesota, Porto
Rico, Delaware and Texas.
The statement of the National as
sociation calls particular attention
to one fact which shows the remark
able interest in anti.tuberculosis
work, evoked during the past year,
namely. that fully one-third of the
81, 100000 appropriated this year
is by special legislation and for new
work. The last Congress appropri-
ated, in addition to this sum. near
ly 81, ,OOO, 900 for the maintenance of
the three federal sanatoria in New
Mexico and Colorado. 1t is esti-
mated besides that the numerous
county and municipal appropria.
tions made or to be made for tuber.
culosis work for next year will az.
gregate at least So, ,O00, 900, making
the official public expenditures in
the United States for the wipin9
out of tuberculosis at least So, ,OOO,.
600.