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Show WAR AGAINST CONSUMPTION. New York. Oct, 21. The National association for the Study of Prevention Preven-tion of Tuberculosis la about to issue a directory containing lists of all sanitariums san-itariums engaged In the war against consumption A summary of what hns been done by the various state legislatures legis-latures and the county and municipal governing bodies is included in the book, which will be the most complete reports of the anti-tuberculosis campaign cam-paign that has.eor been published in this country. The first tuuereulosis director, ub lished in l'.iut, listed I3:i sanitarium and rospitals. thirty-two special dls pensaries and thirty nine anti-tuberculosis organizations. The new directory shows that there are now over -100 sanitariums and hospitals, hos-pitals, more than 300 special tuberculosis tubercu-losis dispensaries and 450 anti-tuber eulosis associations and commissions. Since l'm4, the Increase in the number of agencies fighting consumption is nearly f00 per cent. |