WHEREAS, under Proclamation No. 84, dated July 28, 1948, the period from August 19 to September 19, 1948, has been declared as œAnti-Tuberculosis Month  during which the Philippine Tuberculosis Society is authorized to conduct a national fund and educational drive for the purpose of helping in the eradication and control of tuberculosis; and

WHEREAS, in view of the inclemency of the weather during said period, the drive has not been productive of the desired results;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the authority vested in me by law, do hereby extend the national fund and educational drive under the auspices of the Philippine Tuberculosis Society up to and including September 30, 1948. This proclamation shall take effect as of September 19, 1948.

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 22nd day of September, 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:
TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary