THE STATE TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATIONS 83 



COLORADO TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



The Colorado State Committee of the International Congress 

 was incorporated in April, 1908, and virtually became a State 

 Tuberculosis Association. 



As early as 1910 the Association employed a full-time secretary. 



For several years the work was carried on with vigor. A state 

 law requiring the reporting of tuberculosis was enacted notwith- 

 standing a great deal of opposition. The educational campaign 

 was extended throughout the state. The Christmas seal sale 

 was gradually increased. 



In 1918 the Association was reorganized with a new executive. 

 Its work since that time has been state-wide; it has been instru- 

 mental in stimulating the organization of committees and inter- 

 ested groups in the larger centers throughout the state. 



There are now ten well-organized branch associations. The 

 Denver Tuberculosis Society, the first and largest of these, was 

 formed in 1917. Its outstanding achievements are: obtaining 

 the construction of a municipal tuberculosis sanatorium ; inaugu- 

 rating in the schools the Modern Health Crusade; weighing and 

 measuring; follow-up work in the homes; school luncheons; 

 establishing nutrition classes and an open-air school; and carry- 

 ing on country-wide propaganda against the migration of the 

 indigent tuberculous. 



Colorado is another state in which the indigent migratory con- 

 sumptive is a most serious problem. As in Arizona and Cali- 

 fornia, this fact has retarded the development of local institu- 

 tional provision. While there are a number of private sanatoria 

 in Denver and Colorado Springs, there is very little local pro- 

 vision elsewhere. The Association, however, has stimulated the 

 establishment of four dispensaries and is creating interest in 

 public health nursing throughout the state. 



The Modern Health Crusade has been extended into nearly 

 every county in the state, enlisting half of the school children in 

 its ranks. 



Educational publicity has been carried on through the distri- 

 bution of several hundred thousand circulars and folders,- by 

 newspaper articles, and by many health talks. 



