Location: San Lazaro Street, Sta. Cruz, Manila
Category: Association/Institution/Organization
Type: Institutional marker
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: Unknown
Marker text:
THE PHILIPPINE TUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY
FOUNDED 29 JULY 1910 AT A MEETING PRESIDED BY GOVERNOR GENERAL W. CAMERON FORBES, ATTENDED BY HON. SERGIO OSMENA. MONS. AMBROSIO AGIUS, INVOCATION SPEAKER. INCORPORATED 13 AUGUST 1910. CORNERSOTINE LAID 21 NOVEMBER 1925 BY MRS. AURORA A. QUEZON, CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING DURING PRESIDENCY OF DR. MAXIMINO PATERNO, AND INAUGURATED 23 JULY 1926. MRS. MARTIN F. EGAN, ITS FIRST PRESIDENT, AND DR. OLIVIA SALAMANCA, FIRST SECRETARY, WERE DRIVING FORCE OF THE ORGANIZATION. MARKER UNVEILED ON THE BIRTHDAY OF PRESIDENT QUEZON.
