Excerpt from A Directory of Tuberculosis Associations and Committees in the United States

The number of associations and committees in this edition is 1030, as compared with 1324 similar organizations listed in the fourth edition, published in 1916. While the number of associations has decreased slightly since 1916, it should be borne in mind that this does not in any way indicate a retarda tion in the organized campaign against tuberculosis. It is a significant fact that in the last three years the tendency to organize on county lines has been very marked. This means that in many instances the work promoted by two or three or more committees in small towns has been combined into that of a county organization with possibly a paid executive secre tary. In New York State, for instance, 472 associations and committees were listed in the 1916 Directory. There are now only 77. Yet the amount of territory covered by organiza tions that are really active has been enormously increased. In general, the amount of organized territory has been vastly enlarged since 1916 in most, if not in all, of the states. Attention is also called to the fact that there is now an active working state association in each of the 48 states. A large number of county and local associations, which could have been classed as merely paper organizations in 1916, are now active twelve months of the year.

It is interesting to note also that many of the associations, especially the state organizations, have shortened their names, just as the National Tuberculosis Association has changed its name from the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis.

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