THE STATE TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATIONS 107 



All told, the stimulus that the tuberculosis campaign has given 

 to public health work in Mississippi is truly remarkable. 



The death-rate from tuberculosis in Mississippi in 1920 was 

 127.8. 



The headquarters of the Mississippi Tuberculosis Association 

 are in the Merchants Bank Building, Jackson, Mississippi, and 

 the executive secretary is Mrs. R. S. Phifer, Jr. 



MISSOURI TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



The earliest attempt at community organization for tubercu- 

 losis prevention in Missouri was in St. Louis. The local Society 

 for the Prevention of Tuberculosis was organized in that city in 

 May, 1904. Three years later, in 1907, the Missouri Association 

 for the Relief and Control of Tuberculosis was formed. A state 

 sanatorium had been assured by an act of legislature of 1905, 

 furthered largely by Dr. James Stewart. 



In 1910, a State Commission, supported by private funds, was 

 appointed by the Governor and conducted a vigorous state-wide 

 campaign on tuberculosis, the first effort of its kind. Following 

 this campaign the work of the State Association lapsed somewhat 

 until in the fall of 1911 when a reorganization was effected. 



In 1918 the association's offices were moved from Columbia 

 to St. Louis. The Missouri Tuberculosis Association conducts a 

 unique and vigorous campaign of education centering largely 

 about the public schools and the school machinery of the state. 

 The Modern Health Crusade has been used since 1918 as the basis 

 for this educational campaign. Legislation has been secured 

 providing for: the strengthening of the State Board of Health in- 

 cluding the establishment of a Division of Child Hygiene; state 

 aid to county hospitals; municipal and county public health 

 nurses; improving sanitary conditions in the lead and zinc mining 

 districts as a means of lessening tuberculosis; and instruction in 

 physical education in the public schools of the state, including 

 the preparation of teachers, nurses and medical health super- 

 visors for such service. 



In St. Louis, the local tuberculosis society has developed its 

 campaign independently of the State Association. There are few 

 cities in the country where greater interest in tuberculosis has been 



