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cause it was an official body, was limited in its power to criticize 

 or commend. 



It was not until 1915 that the present State Association was 

 organized, and the work of the Association, starting with a shoe 

 string, has developed into one of the most vigorous and effective 

 organizations in the entire State of Iowa. At the present time 

 there are 29 local associations, The State Association cooper- 

 ates with more than 15 different state- wide civic and social or- 

 ganizations, and has especially helpful cooperative arrangements 

 with such public agencies as the Board of Control of State Insti- 

 tutions, the Board of Health, Department of Public Instruction, 

 Housing Commission, Bureau of Animal Husbandry, State Uni- 

 versity, State Agricultural College, State Teachers' College, 

 Governor's Office and Legislature. Six sanatoria, including a 

 well run state sanatorium, with a bed capacity of 417, 13 clinics 

 and dispensaries, 2 open-air schools and nearly 200 tuberculosis 

 nurses make up in part the present fighting equipment against 

 tuberculosis. 



Iowa has been a leader in the development of the Modern 

 Health Crusade. The silver loving cup, awarded by the National 

 Tuberculosis Association, was won in the year 1920. At the 

 present time Iowa and Idaho are in close competition for the per- 

 manent retention of this cup. 



According to the 1920 report of the Association, no less than 

 1,300,000 pieces of printed matter have been distributed. The 

 propaganda of the Association has extended into many avenues 

 of social, civic and political life in the state covering schools, rural 

 and farm organizations, industries, women 's clubs, churches and 

 many other similar organizations. 



The headquarters of the Iowa Tuberculosis Association are at 

 518 Century Building, Des Moines, Iowa, and the executive 

 secretary is Mr. T. J. Edmonds. 



KANSAS STATE TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



As was the case in a number of other states, in Kansas the State 

 Tuberculosis Association grew out of the International Congress 

 Committee. 



In the fall of 1908, a group of people interested in tuberculosis 



