THE STATE TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATIONS 101 



two counties, a special tuberculosis dispensary had been located 

 in one of the congested districts in Baltimore, and a considerable 

 amount of other progressive work had been carried on. 



In connection with the development of the state program in 

 Maryland, mention should be made of the pioneer work of the 

 Hospital for Consumptives of Maryland, popularly known as 

 the Eudowood Sanatorium, located at Towson. This institu- 

 tion had been established in 1896 for white patients in the early 

 stages of tuberculosis who were unable to pay for their full cost 

 of maintenance in private institutions. It has been a pioneer 

 in the development of the farm colony idea, and has contributed 

 much to the interest in tuberculosis work throughout the state 

 of Maryland. 



There are at the present time 15 local associations in Mary- 

 land, a state sanatorium and 6 local sanatoria and hospitals 

 with a combined bed capacity of 501, a preventorium, 13 clinics 

 and dispensaries, 5 open-air schools, and approximately 175 

 public health and tuberculosis nurses. Of the 23 counties in the 

 state, 14 are undertaking active educational work. 



The Maryland Association was one of the earliest to develop 

 the railroad car exhibit, and later to work out the automobile 

 clinic and exhibit. 



In 1919 the Association established a preventorium for children, 

 and in 1921 secured the site for a Negro open-air health school, 

 the first institution of its type to be proposed in this country. 



The death-rate from tuberculosis in Maryland, in spite of the 

 large Negro population, has shown a constant decline from 208.1 

 in 1906 to 165.8 in 1919, and 146.7 in 1920. 



The headquarters of the Maryland Tuberculosis Association 

 are at 704 North Howard Street, Baltimore, Maryland, and the 

 executive secretary is Mr. A. E. Sinks. 



MASSACHUSETTS TUBERCULOSIS LEAGUE 



Although the campaign against tuberculosis in Massachusetts 

 dates in point of development back at least to 1898, the Massa- 

 chusetts Anti-Tuberculosis League was not formed until 1914. 



In 1898, as is pointed out in Chapter XXXVII, Dr. Vincent Y. 

 Bowditch secured from the legislature of Massachusetts an ap- 



