The King Edward VII Welsh National Memorial Association or WNMA was a Welsh
voluntary association
A voluntary group or union (also sometimes called a voluntary organization, common-interest association, association, or society) is a group of individuals who enter into an agreement, usually as volunteers, to form a body (or organization) to ac ...
set up to combat
tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by '' Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections show no symptoms, i ...
.
The
lord mayor of Cardiff,
alderman
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John Chappell, convened a meeting in Shrewsbury on 30 September 1910 to decide what form the Welsh national memorial to
King Edward VII
Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.
The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria a ...
should take. The meeting decided that the memorial should be an organised campaign to eradicate tuberculosis in Wales and Monmouthshire. £300,000 was raised by the public, half of which was donated by philanthropist
David Davies of Llandinam, the
Liberal
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Politics
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MP for
Montgomeryshire
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, who had a special interest in the fight against tuberculosis.
He later became the first president of the WNMA, which was incorporated on 17 May 1912. He invited
Thomas Jones, a lifelong friend and guide, to be the WNMA's first secretary.
The
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Act 1921 required local authorities to treat and prevent tuberculosis. However, in Wales the WNMA already existed. The Act gave them statutory responsibility for fighting tuberculosis in Wales.
References
Further reading
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1912 establishments in Wales
Social history of Wales
Tuberculosis organizations
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