138 A HISTORY OF NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



Thousands of miles were covered on foot and in automobile, and 

 a very considerable portion of the population was reached. 



In 1920 it became necessary to reorganize the association. 

 Since that time the work has developed on a broader basis, 

 with more funds and greater interest. 



At the present time there are 39 local committees, 2 state 

 sanatoria, I of which is for Negroes, 2 local sanatoria, 8 tuber- 

 culosis clinics, I preventorium, 3 open-air schools and classes, 

 and 36 nurses doing tuberculosis work. 



The headquarters of the West Virginia Tuberculosis Asso- 

 ciation are at Room 412, Davidson Building, 910 Quarrier Street, 

 Charleston, West Virginia, and the executive secretary is Mr. 

 George C. Rowell. 



WISCONSIN ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



Active interest in tuberculosis in Wisconsin began about 1903 

 when a state tuberculosis commission was appointed by act of 

 legislature, to investigate the prevalence of tuberculosis and to re- 

 port on the desirability of establishing a state sanatorium. The 

 report of this commission was a noteworthy document and was 

 widely circulated. 



In 1905 the legislature made an appropriation for the establish- 

 ment of a sanatorium which was opened in 1907. In the same 

 year, 1907, tuberculosis was included in the list of diseases to be 

 reported by physicians. 



In June, 1908, the Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association was 

 organized from the state committee of the International Congress. 

 Since that date Wisconsin has carried on one of the most active 

 and unique campaigns against tuberculosis and for the promotion 

 of public health of any state in the Union. The leader in this 

 campaign, since the beginning, has been Dr. Hoyt E. Dearholt. 



Following a general campaign of education in which the Christ- 

 mas seal played a prominent part (Wisconsin had its own Christ- 

 mas seal before the Red Cross seal became generally known), in 

 1911 the State Association secured a law authorizing the estab- 

 lishment of county hospitals and providing for a state subsidy. 



Unlike most of the state associations in the country, the Wis- 

 consin Anti-Tuberculosis Association has always proceeded upon 



