Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-20
Virginia tuberculosis
Association Meets

Association meets
| AT the Annual meeting of the
Virginia Tuberculosis Associa-
ton held Friday, Oct. 9th. in the
Board Room of the Chamber of
Commerce, Richmond the fol-
lowing officers were elected:
President, Capt. W. W.
Baker of Hallsboro; Vice.
President. J. Leroy Baxley OF
Markham; End Vice President
R. Tate Irvine of Big Stone Gap;
Treasurer, George w. Call of
Rich nond; and Secretary, DR..
Roy K. Flanagan, also of Rich
mond. The following Executive
Committee was appointed by the
Board of Directors: Capt. w. w.
Baker, DR. Roy K. Flanagan,
DR.. J. T. Mastin, DR.. E. Levy,
DR.. w. F. Drewry, DR.. Charles R.
Grandy, ard Miss Agnes D. Ran
dolph.
DR.. H. A. Latane of Alexandria
and L. Lambert Martin of Cataw-
ba Sanatorium were elected to fill
the unexpired terms of Mrs. T.
w. Robinson and Dr.. Mosby G.
Perrow, resigned. Mrs. F. B.
Croxton, Director Of Public
Health nurses, State Board of
Health, and Miss Jusnita J.
Woods of the Richmond Instruc-
tive Visiting Nurse Association
were elected to fill vacancies on
the Board of Directors.
According to the report of Irv-
ing L. Spear, Executive Secretary
of the Association, read at the
meeting, coordination Of tuber-
culosis work throughout Virginia
has been effectively accomplished
during the last year AT the bel
ginning of 1922 there were only
three recognized organizations
functioulng in tuberculosis work
under the jurisdiction of the Vir-
ginia tuberculosis Association
TO date, there are % Counties
organizations and eight perman-
ent clinics who report their fnd-
ings to the association monthly.
Eight hundred and ninety-one
patients have been admitted toI
the three state sanatoria in thel
last year, ninety of those were
discovered through the medium
Of the permanent clinics.
S54,172.97 was raised last year
through the sale OF Christmas
Seals, of which $50, 893.60 was
returned to counties aud cities for
local use. Seventeen counties
have applied their percentage to-
ward the support Of a public
health nurse. Twenty-three pa
tients have had their expenses
paid wholly or in part at one OF
the state sanatoria. Twenty four
cases Of material relief have been
rendered and eight counties sup
ported dental clinics. Wythe Co.
applied its percentage to a child
welfare camp, and Richmond car
ried on with signal success the
Modern Health Crusade in a
group of the city and parochial
schools. Other counties conduct
ed tonsilectomy clinics and sup
piled drinking fountains in the
schools. ST, 406.52 was returned
to Danville to help support Hill
top Sanatorlum.
On July 10th, at the lnstigatlon
of Miss Leslie Combs Foster
Assista Mt Secretary of the Asso-
citation, the Lions Club Of Rlcil-
mond underworld the sum OF two
thousan nd and instituted a SUM
mer camp for under-nourished
children, located about five miles
from here on the Osborne Turn
pike. Two camps were held,
with All approximate total OF
sixty children in attendance.
Kiwanis Clubs of the State DO
mated one thousand bill board
posters which were put up
throughout the State.
Staff members delivered 1Ze
talks and distributed quantities
lof educational matter.