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War on Tuberculosis

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 18, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 3.

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War on Tuberculosis

THE great white plague, as the disease tuberculosis has come to be known, has proved itself a plague in more than one particular. The harvest of death which it has reaped has been an enormous one during the years that are past, but it may not be generally known that during only one year—the year 1911—fourteen and one-half million dollars were spent in the war against this terrible plague in the United States alone. According to the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, the amount expended during 1911 is about the same as that spent in the same work during the previous year. Of this $14,500,000 the State of New York alone raised $3,550,000. More than ten million dollars have already been appropriated by State legislatures for this battle with tuberculosis in the year 1912.