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