94 A HISTORY OF NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



zations, existing largely on paper, were formed throughout the 

 state. 



In 1914 the National Tuberculosis Associations assisted in the 

 reorganization of the Indiana Association, establishing the work 

 on a firm business basis. Since that date the Association has 

 made phenomenal progress. At the present time there are 89 

 city and county tuberculosis associations in the state, covering 

 practically every community. Besides the State Sanatorium 

 there are 5 county and municipal tuberculosis hospitals with a 

 bed capacity of 564. There are 28 permanent tuberculosis 

 clinics and 8 infant welfare clinics. There are 18 open-air 

 schools or open-window rooms, and one preventorium. Fully 

 250 tuberculosis and public health nurses are working in the 

 state either under official or non-official auspices. 



The Indiana Association, through its legislative program, has 

 made a distinct contribution to tuberculosis work in the state. 

 The Association has been responsible for practically all of the 

 legislation relative to the control of tuberculosis in Indiana, and 

 assisted materially in bringing about the creation of the Bureau 

 of Tuberculosis in the State Board of Health. 



The death-rate from tuberculosis has shown a distinctly 

 favorable downward trend, from 171.3 in 1907 to 108.8 in 1920. 



The headquarters of the Indiana Tuberculosis Association are 

 at 1134 K. of P. Building, Indianapolis, Indiana, and the execu- 

 tive secretary is Mr. Murray A. Auerbach. 



IOWA TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



The history of tuberculosis work in Iowa illustrates the value 

 and significance of a non-official agency in the public health 

 movement. As early as 1905, an Iowa Association for the Study 

 and Prevention of Tuberculosis was formed, but its activities were 

 very limited, and after a brief career it ceased to exist except on 

 paper. 



Meanwhile, in 1907, the legislature made provision for an an- 

 nual appropriation of $5,000 for a lecturer on tuberculosis, 

 under the State Board of Control, and primarily for the develop- 

 ment of an educational campaign against the disease. While the 

 work of this department was well done, the Board, largely be- 



