ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING 211 



presented the following resolutions with the endorsement of the 

 committee. They were unanimously adopted by the general 

 meeting: 



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

 Tuberculosis expresses its gratitude and appreciation of the courtesies ex- 

 tended to it by the Washington Association for the Prevention and Relief of 

 Tuberculosis, the Seattle Red Cross Seal Committee, the Chamber of Com- 

 merce, the local Committee of Arrangements, the Tacoma and Pierce County 

 Anti-Tuberculosis Association, the city and state officials, and to Mrs. Bu- 

 chanan, Dr. and Mrs. Quevli, Mr. H. C. Henry, Mrs. W. E. Humphrey, and 

 to all the good citizens of Seattle who have contributed so largely to the success 

 of the meeting and entertainment and comfort of the attending members. 



WHEREAS, State, city, and county tuberculosis hospitals and sanatoria are 

 an important factor in the gradual attainment of control of tuberculosis in 

 this country, and 



WHEREAS, The efficiency of these institutions can be attained only through 

 administration free from politics and by a personnel selected solely upon the 

 consideration of their fitness, it is 



Resolved by The National Association for the Study and Prevention of 

 Tuberculosis that the boards of management of such institutions should al- 

 ways be chosen on the basis of their knowledge and experience in the different 

 phases of the problem, and it is further 



Resolved, That it is essential that all the administrative and medical officers 

 of such institutions be selected by means of strict competitive civil service 

 examinations. 



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

 Tuberculosis urge upon all local anti-tuberculosis associations the importance 

 of co-operating with various official and voluntary associations having for 

 their object the prevention of disease, and especially those associations dealing 

 with the problems of housing; and 



Resolved, That The National Association recommends that in communities 

 where there are no housing associations the local tuberculosis association ap- 

 point an active committee to be known as the housing committee. 



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

 Tuberculosis approves of the plan for municipal regulation and supervision 

 of the milk supply, such regulation and supervision supplementing state and 

 federal control; and that such regulation include (i) pasteurization of all 

 milk for human consumption, if not of the grade of certified milk; (2) tubercu- 

 lin tests for all dairy herds supplying milk for municipal consumption; and 

 (3) the frequent inspection of dairy herds. 



At a meeting of the board of directors, held on Wednesday, 



