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government of the United States in the r61e of a defaulter in foreign relations: 

 therefore, be it 



Resolved, That The National Association for the Study and Prevention of 

 Tuberculosis cooperate with other agencies in extending and strengthening the 

 practice of registration of deaths and births in all parts of the United States. 



At a meeting of the board of directors held on Friday afternoon, 

 May 14, the following resolution was adopted by the board : 



It having been demonstrated that typhoid fever, scarlet fever, tuberculosis, 

 and certain other infectious diseases of man may be contracted by the use of 

 impure (infected) milk, the board of directors of The National Association for 

 the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis desires to express its approval of all 

 efforts to secure for the public generally, and especially for children, a pure 

 milk supply. 



The board of directors, at its meeting on May 14, elected the 

 following officers for the ensuing year: Dr. Edward G. Janeway, 

 New York, president; Mr. Edward T. Devine, New York, and 

 Dr. Henry Sewall, Denver, vice-presidents; Dr. Henry Barton 

 Jacobs, Baltimore, secretary; Gen. George M. Stern berg, Wash- 

 ington, treasurer. 



The following directors were elected to serve on the executive 

 committee for the ensuing year: William H. Baldwin, Washing- 

 ton; Dr. Hermann M. Biggs, New York; Edward T. Devine, 

 New York; Homer Folks, New York; Dr. George M. Kober, 

 Washington; Dr. John H. Lowman, Cleveland; Dr. Joseph 

 Walsh, Philadelphia. 



Following the meeting of the Advisory Council on the evening 

 of May 13, Dr. Henry M. Bracken, of St. Paul, was unanimously 

 elected chairman of the Advisory Council of the next annual 

 meeting. 



The summarized report of the Treasurer, Gen. George M. 

 Sternberg, is as follows: 



Balance on hand April 30, 1908 $6,099.71 



Receipts 24,256.62 



Expenditures. 26,087.69 



Balance on hand April 30, 1909 $4,268.64 



At the meeting of the Association in 1909 there were reported 



