DESIGNATING THE PERIOD FROM AUGUST 19, 1948 TO SEPTEMBER 19, 1948, ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS MONTH AND AUTHORIZING THE PHILIPPINE TUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY TO CONDUCT A NATIONAL FUND AND EDU…

WHEREAS, tuberculosis, one of the most dreadful
diseases in our country, is a constant threat to the health, economic security,
and general welfare of the people of the Philippines;

WHEREAS, the campaign against tuberculosis must
be carried on constantly with unrelenting vigor through the combined efforts of
all citizens and residents of the Philippines in order to control effectively
the spread of this disease; and

WHEREAS, the Philippine Tuberculosis Society, in
the prosecution of its campaign against tuberculosis in the Philippines, is
dependent upon the aid, moral and financial, that it receives from the public
with which to provide means and facilities for the accomplishment of its
objective;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of
the Philippines, by virtue of the authority vested in me by law, do hereby
designate and set aside the period from August 19th to September 19th, 1948, as
Anti-Tuberculosis Month, and authorize the Philippine Tuberculosis Society to
conduct a national fund and educational drive during said period. I call upon
all citizens and residents of the Philippines irrespective of nationality or
creed to assist in this humanitarian campaign by giving generously so that we
may keep this dreadful disease under control. I authorize all the treasurers of
provincial, city, and municipal governments as well as school officials to
accept, for the Philippine Tuberculosis Society, voluntary contributions and
donations and to issue official receipts therefor.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 28th day of
July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the third.

ELPIDIO QURINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:
EMILIO ABELLO
Executive Secretary

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