Tuberculosis in Massachusetts . bridge Anti-Tuberculosis Association; organized inOctober, 1903. President, Eugene A. Darling, ; Secretary,Miss Mabel L. Greeley, 689 Massachusetts Avenue. This is one of the earliest associations organized to deal withthe tuberculosis problems, and its work, centring in a communityof about one hundred thousand inhabitants, has been of thegreatest value. It is supported by voluntary contributions ofthe members, and during the last year the running expenses ofthe association were 12,125, ar>d the relief work among the tuber-culosis cases amounted to $1,230
Tuberculosis in Massachusetts . bridge Anti-Tuberculosis Association; organized inOctober, 1903. President, Eugene A. Darling, ; Secretary,Miss Mabel L. Greeley, 689 Massachusetts Avenue. This is one of the earliest associations organized to deal withthe tuberculosis problems, and its work, centring in a communityof about one hundred thousand inhabitants, has been of thegreatest value. It is supported by voluntary contributions ofthe members, and during the last year the running expenses ofthe association were 12,125, ar>d the relief work among the tuber-culosis cases amounted to $1,230. The educational work has been pushed till there is active sup-port among the citizens at large and efficient co-operation on thepart of the municipal authorities. The Association has main-tained a separate index catalogue of the cases of tuberculosis, andthe Board of Health has a catalogue and an index map. The Association maintains a free tuberculosis clinic, which isopen two mornings and one evening each week. Half the time. ij?J M a OS H> s f-l w <?Jo !» M PW S3Oo «!M 0 l-l PL. HWiJCO STONE — KREUSI. 149 of a visiting nurse is at the disposal of the Association in its reliefwork. A tuberculosis class is maintained, under the strictestrules. Recently the Board of Health has secured ground for a hos-pital for the care of tuberculosis, and has opened a cases have also been cared for in the Holy Ghost Hos-pital. CHELSEA. The Chelsea Anti-Tuberculosis Association; organized in June,1907. President, Mr. Thomas B. Frost, 8 Tudor Street, Chelsea. The work in the educational line has been confined to an exhi-bition and some public lectures. The principal work has been indealing with individual patients. A clinic has been started atthe Frost Hospital. After the disastrous fire of April, 1908, theclinic was continued on the Carter Street grounds. No regularnurse is employed in the relief work, but volunteer visitors lookup the cases and see that they have
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