THE STATE TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATIONS 125 



In 1921 the Pennsylvania Society cooperated with the State 

 Department of Health in securing the passage of a bill authoriz- 

 ing county tuberculosis hospitals, reversing the policy that had 

 existed in the State Department of Health for nearly fifteen 

 years. Referendum campaigns in the fall of 1921 resulted in 

 the establishment of seven hospitals. 



Henry Phipps Institute for the Study and Prevention of 

 Tuberculosis, established in 1903, also through the interest of 

 Dr. Flick, has exercised a marked influence upon the develop- 

 ment of tuberculosis work throughout the state, as well as in 

 the city of Philadelphia. Through its clinical and pathologic 

 research its influence has been cast throughout the United 

 States; in fact, throughout the country. 



The result of organized tuberculosis work in Pennsylvania is 

 exhibited in the decline in death-rate from 150.9 in 1906, 133.7 

 in 1910, and 105.0 in 1920. 



The headquarters of the Pennsylvania Tuberculosis Society 

 are at 10 South i8th Street, Philadelphia, Pa., and the executive 

 secretary is Mr. Arthur M. Dewees. 



TUBERCULOSIS LEAGUE OF PITTSBURGH 



The Tuberculosis League of Pittsburgh was organized in Feb- 

 ruary, 1907, first under the name of Pittsburgh Sanatorium and 

 then under its present name, after consolidating with the Pitts- 

 burgh Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis. For vari- 

 ous reasons, the Pittsburgh League, covering Allegheny County, 

 operates independently of the state association and in direct affili- 

 ation with the National Association. 



The Tuberculosis League operates a hospital, a central dispen- 

 sary and five division dispensaries, a research laboratory, an edu- 

 cational division in conjunction with the public school system; 

 is the center of education for the undergraduate medical students 

 of the University of Pittsburgh ; provides special training and post- 

 graduate training in cooperation with the hospitals and Public 

 Health Nursing Association for this district, and operates an open- 

 air school in conjunction with the board of education. 



Under the auspices of the League the second open-air school in 

 the United States was formed, and the first open-air school in an 



