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Show j RECORD OF WORK WELL DONE i Anti-Tuberculosis Campaign Fruitful of Results for the Good of All Mankind. Some comparisons showing the progress pro-gress of the anti-tuberculosis campaign cam-paign in the last, eight years and the present needs of this movement are made by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis Tubercu-losis in a brief report of its work recently re-cently issued. During the eight years of its work, the national association has assisted In the organization of over 800 state and local anti-tuberculosis societies located in, almost every state and territory of the Union. Over 500 hospital and sanatoria have been established, with more than 30,000 beds for consumptives. About 400 dispensaries, ith more than 1,000 physicians in attendance and at least 150 open air schools for tuberculous and anaemic ehrdren, have also been provided. Laws dealing with tuberculosis tubercu-losis have been passed in 45 states, and ordinances on this subject have been adopted in over 200 cities and towns. An active field campaign of education against tuberculosis has been carried on in 40 states and territories ter-ritories by means of lectures, exhibits, the press, and the distribution of over 100,000,000 pamphlets on this disease |