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Show The Fight Against Tuberculosis. Interest In tho anti-tuberculosis campaign cam-paign now being waged throughout the United States is evidenced by tho fact that In the year 1909 103 new anti-tuberculosis associations were formed, 133 tuberculosis sanatoria nnd hosplt als were established, and 91 tuberculosis tubercu-losis dispensaries wore opened. Compared Com-pared with previous years, this is the beBt record thus far made in tho fight against consumption in this country. During the year 1909, 43 more associations asso-ciations for the prevention of tuberculosis tubercu-losis wore formed thnn during tho previous pre-vious 12 months, and 62 more hospitals and sanatoria were established. On January 1, 1910, there were In tho United Uni-ted States 394 anti-tuberculosis associations, associ-ations, 386 hospitals and tuberculosis sanatoria and 265 special tuberculosis dispensaries. |