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some States having 200 physicians present. These figures demonstrate 

 tliat this M'as the largest congress which has yet been held and that active 

 interest in combating tuberculosis is rapidly increasing. 



The first session was opened by the honorable the Secretary of the 

 Treasury of the United States, and the closing session was presided over 

 by His Excellency the President of the United State^. Among other 

 business transacted the following resolutions were passed : 



Resolved, That the attention of State and central governments be called to the 

 importance of proper laws for the obligatoiy notification by medical attendants, 

 to the proper health authorities, of all cases of tuberculosis coming to their 

 notice, and for the registration of such cases in order to enable the health 

 authorities to put in operation adequate measures for the prevention of the 

 disease. 



Resolved, That the utmost eflforts should be continued in the struggle against 

 tuberculosis to prevent the conveyance from man to man of tuberculous infection 

 as the most important source of the disease. 



That preventive measures be continued against bovine tuberculosis, and that 

 the possibility of the propagation of this to man be recognized. 



Resolved, That we urge upon the public and upon all governments the establish- 

 ment of hospitals for the treatment of advanced eases of tuberculosis. 



The establishment of sanatoria for curable cases of tuberculosis. 



The establishment of dispensaries and day and night camps for ambulant 

 cases of tuberculosis which can not enter hospitals and sanatoiia. 



Resolved, That this Congress indorses such well-considered legislation for tlie 

 regulation of factories and workshops, the abolition of premature and injurious 

 labor of women and children, and the obtaining of sanitary dwellings as will 

 increase the resisting power of the community to tuberculosis and other diseases. 



That instruction in personal and school hj'giene should be given in all schools 

 for the professional training of teachers. 



That, whenever possible, such instruction in elementary hygiene «liould be 

 intrusted to properly qualified medical instructors. 



That colleges and universities should be urged to establish courses in hygietiP 

 and sanitation, and also to include tliese subjects among their entrance recjuire- 

 ments, in oi'der to stimulate useful elementary instruction in the lower schools. 



That this congress indorses and recommends the establishment of playgrounds 

 as an important means of preventing tuberculosis through tlieir infiucnce upon 

 health and resistance to disease. 



A most noteworthy feature was the interest exhibited by those who 

 attended tlie congress, and that of the press of the United States, which 

 was cliaracterized by its earnestness and enthusiasm. 



FIRST WEEK. 



The ttiberculosis exhibit was pronounced by those in a position to judge 

 to have been the most complete that has yet been assembled anywhere. 

 Since the closing of the congress the exhibit has been transferred to New 

 York and later it will be sent to Boston and other places. An idea of its 

 size may be obtained when it is stated that it occupied a floor and wall 

 space over forty times greater than tliat of the Marble Hall at the Ayunta- 

 miento, ^lanila. Tlie exhibit consisted mainly of models of properly 



