Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-12-30
SPENT IN
BATTLE AGAINST
TUBERCULOSIS
New York Leads in Expendi-
ture; Over $14,500,00
Spent in 1911; $4,000, 600
Appropriated for 1919.

New York, Dec. ss.-- Money
TO the amount OF over slf.-
100000 was spent in antl-tuborcu-
losls work during the year 1911. &C.
cordins TO the third annual statement
OF expenditures IN the war against
consumption issued BY the Na.lonSl
Association for the study and Pie
ventlon OF Taberculosis today. Thu
statement Il based iargcly ON reports
received from anti-tubcrcuIoEls agen-
ciaa IN 4 parts Of the United states.
Where Actual reports were not avail
able. the figures we're necessarily
estimated
by far the largest item OF expense
was that for treatment IN sanatoria
ana hospitals. and for She erection Of
Institutions Of this kind. over tii.-
s10. GEO being spent for this purpose
alone, Dispcasarlcr for tho exana-
nation and treatment OF tuberculosis
spent sAbe.00O. and associations and
commltterS in their educational cam
palgn against tuberculosis spent
100000. The remaining ti.s00.000
was spent for treatment In open air
schools, prisons and hospitals for the
insane. and also for the work OF state
and local boards Of health against
|tuberculosia.
Compared with the expenditures in
1910. those Of the past year are prae-
ticaily the same In the aggregnte.
hut they ore almost double those ~
1902 The national association points
out. however. what Il considers more
significant than the aggregate ex-
penditures. namely. that the per-
centage 81 money spent from public
funds IL creator In 1911 than ever
before. being 66.2 per cent Of the
total In 1903 only 5a.s per cent Of
The total expenditures Yves from pub
lie funds. and In 1919 II had In
creased to s2s per cent In 1914,
over se.s0O.00 OF the tit.sOo.0 coo
spent wns from federal. state. munich
pal OF county funds Since the chief
work OF the anti-tuberculosls associ-
ations II to urge the public authorl-
ties 10 provide for tuberculosis pa
tIents. and thus 90 assume the respon-
sibiilty for stamping out this disease
Increased percentage Of public money
In regarded M very favorable sign
of progress.
Appropriations OF over tio.0e0.ooo
for tuberculosis work In 1919 have
already been made by state legisla-
lures and municipal and county bod
les. OF this sum about s4.T00.000 Is
from state appropriations. and about
o.. zoe, 200 for county and municipal
purposes. In addition 20 these sums.
the federal government spends about
81 100000 every year supporting its
several special tuberculosis sanatoria.
New York state. which has led the
country In Its anti-tuhercuionis ex-
pendisurcs for the past two rears.
stlll maintains It's lead. with a total
OF ts.sh0. 600 spent. Pennsylvania and
Massachusetts are the second and
third states. az they were in 1910.
The following table shows the csts-
mated public and private cxpendi-
lures for tuberculosis IN the ten lead
ing states. In 1914;
New York: Public. t2.ts5,0oO: pri-
waite. si.o55. goo; total, ss.5bo.0Oe..
Pennsylvania Public. ti,7s0.00e;
private. ssss.000; total, ts.2Ss.ooO
Massachusetts: Public. $4,000;
private. sssi, coo; total. ti.ios.ooo.
Colorado: Public. $4,000; private.
tssO.eo0: total. t7ts.o0o
ohio: Public. ssf7.O0o: private,
$4,000; total. $4,000.
California; Public. ,sit.seo; pri-
vate. $4,000 total, $3.50. 1ec.
Connecticut; Public. sssT,Soo; pri-
vate. si2e.5oo; total. ss9z.ov0.
New Mexico; Public. sets,5o0; pri-
waite. ssi5.so0; total. tsso.s0o.
Illinois; Public. ss7o,sss; private.
xi0s.se5: total. t7s.s2o.
Maryland; Public. $4,000; pri-
vate. s7f.ee0; total. $4,000.