88 A HISTORY OF NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



Association, and the appointment of a State Commission to 

 "investigate the extent of tuberculosis in Georgia and the means 

 of stamping out the disease," both of which came into existence 

 in 1904. 



The Georgia Anti-Tuberculosis and Sanatoria Society grew 

 out of the Medical Society's committee in 1909, but because of 

 lack of funds it did very little in the way of state-wide work. 



In 1913, on the death of one of Georgia's most philanthropic 

 citizens, Captain W. G. Raoul, there was created the Raoul 

 Foundation, with an endowment fund of $50,000, the income 

 from which was to be expended annually for the prevention of 

 tuberculosis in the state. The Raoul Foundation functioned as 

 a state tuberculosis association until the fall of 1921, when a re- 

 organization was effected and the Georgia Tuberculosis Associa- 

 tion formed, the Raoul Foundation becoming one of its financial 

 contributors and backers. 



In Atlanta an active group of workers, led by Captain Raoul, 

 as early as 1907, began a pioneer campaign in that city and 

 demonstrated clearly the possibilities of organized tuberculosis 

 work. The Raoul Foundation, extending the work begun in 

 Atlanta, with the assistance of the National Association, made 

 an extensive survey of the ravages of tuberculosis in this state, 

 conducted state-wide educational campaigns, and developed a 

 state organization. The Foundation was the chief factor in 

 securing legislative provision for full-time county health officers 

 and better health administration. Meanwhile, the tuberculosis 

 campaign was pushed throughout the state with great vigor. 

 The result of this extensive activity is shown not only in the 

 institutional provision available, but in the wide-spread interest 

 in public health to-day as contrasted with 1913. There is a state 

 sanatorium with 100 beds, and a local sanatorium in Atlanta 

 with 190 beds. There are 7 clinics, 2 open-air schools, and more 

 than 103 public health nurses, all of them doing some kind of 

 tuberculosis work. 



The headquarters of the Georgia Tuberculosis Association 

 are at 602 Chamber of Commerce Building, Atlanta, Georgia, 

 and the executive secretary is Mr. James P. Faulkner. 



