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Fourth :  The  maintenance  of  pathological  laboratories  for  the 
free  examination  of  sputum  and  tuberculous  lesions  and  biological 
laboratories  for  the  possible  development  of  immunitive  and  cura- 
tive products. 
Fifth:  The  restriction  of  tuberculosis  by  the  disinfection  of 
rooms,  buildings  (private  and  public),  conveyances  and  carriers, 
and  by  supervision  and  regulation  over  the  general  avenues  of 
infection. 
Sixth:  The  dissemination  of  knowledge  relative  to  the  com- 
municability,  care  and  prevention  of  tuberculosis. 
The  collection  and  tabulation  of  statistics  relating  to  tuberculosis 
is  the  first  essential  work  in  the  campaign  against  this  disease  as  it  is 
in  the  war  against  all  communicable  diseases.  The  law  of  the 
commonwealth  now  requires  that  a  physician  shall  report  to  the 
health  authorities  each  and  every  case  of  tuberculosis  occurring  in 
his  practice. 
Up  to  December  31,  1909,  2365  patients  had  been  admitted  to 
the  Pennsylvania  State  South  Mountain  Sanatorium  near  Mont  Alto. 
The  present  capacity  is  720.  This  Spring,  ground  has  been  broken 
by  the  Department  of  Health  for  a  second  sanatorium  on  the  beauti- 
ful tract  of  land  at  Cresson,  which  Andrew  Carnegie  so  generously 
gave  the  commonwealth  for  that  purpose. 
It  is  also  a  pleasure  to  be  able  to  announce  that  Mrs.  B.  F.  Jones, 
of  Pittsburg,  has  expressed  her  interest  in  the  sanatorium  scheme 
by  offering  the  department  a  commodious  dwelling  house  and  lot 
close  by  the  tract  given  by  Mr.  Carnegie.  This  will  enable  us  to  com- 
mence the  reception  of  patients  at  Cresson  during  the  present  Sum- 
mer without  waiting  for  the  completion  of  the  larger  buildings. 
Ground  has  also  been  purchased  for  the  erection  of  a  sanatorium 
at  Hamburg  among  the  beautiful  hills  of  Berks  County,  which  will 
be  easy  of  access  for  the  teeming  populations  of  Philadelphia  and 
the  eastern  counties. 
Tuberculosis  Dispensaries. — Pennsylvania  leads  the  entire 
country  in  the  number  of  dispensaries  it  has  established  for  the 
treatment  of  tuberculosis.  One  hundred  and  fourteen  of  these  dis- 
pensaries have  already  been  established  at  as  many  points  in  the 
state.  Up  to  December,  1909,  21,227  poor  tuberculous  sufferers  had 
received  medical  aid  and  the  attention  of  trained  nurses  which 
these  dispensaries  provide. 
Each  dispensary  is  in  charge  of  a  chief  physician,  from  one  to 
