80 A HISTORY OF NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



tion are at 300 East Adams Street, Phoenix, Arizona, and the 

 executive secretary is Mr. T. C. Cuvellier. 



ARKANSAS TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



The first state association on record in Arkansas is the Arkansas 

 Association for the Relief and Control of Tuberculosis, formed 

 in 1908. The Association was developed largely out of the 

 State Committee for the Sixth International Congress on Tuber- 

 culosis. As a state-wide body, however, it never functioned. 



It was not until 1917 that the real state-wide campaign against 

 tuberculosis in Arkansas began. At that time, as a result of a 

 field survey by the National Tuberculosis Association and the 

 stimulus of the Christmas seal, a full-time executive was em- 

 ployed. Since that date there has been a rapid development of 

 interest and enthusiasm in the state of Arkansas in tuberculosis 

 and public health. There are now seven local centers of work. 



The state sanatorium was established in 1907, and now has 145 

 beds. In addition to this institution there are 2 sanatoria with 

 32 beds, 3 free clinics, and about 25 tuberculosis and public 

 health nurses, including those employed by the Red Cross. 



The state association carries on a vigorous campaign of educa- 

 tion through the Modern Health Crusade, exhibits, motion 

 pictures, and in other ways. The aroused interest in tuberculosis 

 work has been the means for improving public health conditions 

 throughout the entire state of Arkansas. 



It is not too much to say that a great part of the revival of 

 interest in public health in the state of Arkansas is due to the 

 activities and energy of the Arkansas Tuberculosis Association. 



Arkansas has a large Negro population, and in the northern 

 part of the state there are many mountaineers. This popula- 

 tion composition, together with the rural and scattered condition 

 of the people, makes it difficult to carry on a progressive work in 

 many of the counties. The state association, however, has 

 penetrated practically every portion of the state and has local 

 representatives and committees allied with it in some way in 

 practically every community. 



The headquarters of the Arkansas association are at 201 



