100 A HISTORY OF NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



are the three private sanatoria and a hospital for tuberculous 

 ex-service men, three tuberculosis dispensaries, four fresh-air 

 schools, and twelve local associations. 



The death-rate from tuberculosis in Maine has shown a steady 

 decline from 149.6 in 1910 to 103.8 in 1920. 



The headquarters of the Maine Public Health Association 

 are at 318 Water Street, Augusta, Maine. The executive secre- 

 tary is Mr. Walter D. Thurber. 



MARYLAND TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



As has been pointed out elsewhere in these pages (see pp. 10 and 

 14), the campaign against tuberculosis in Maryland was among 

 the earliest and best conceived of any of the state movements. 



In 1902 the legislature of the state of Maryland passed a law 

 authorizing the appointment of a tuberculosis commission to 

 investigate the means of preventing tuberculosis in the state 

 and the feasibility of establishing a state sanatorium. The 

 men appointed by this commission were among the leaders in 

 civic, social, and public health work of the state; such men as 

 the late Sir William Osier, Dr. William H. Welch, Dr. Henry 

 Barton Jacobs, Dr. John S. Fulton, Dr. William S. Thayer, and 

 others. As a result of a survey conducted by this commission, 

 the first well -developed effort of its kind, the Maryland Associa- 

 tion for the Prevention and Relief of Tuberculosis was formed 

 at the suggestion of the commission in December, 1904. The 

 Association selected an executive secretary and began its active 

 work in 1905. 



One of the earliest activities was the development of the tu- 

 berculosis exhibit, which had been created by the commission in 

 1904, and was the first of its kind. As has been noted in other 

 pages of this history (see p. 22), the national meeting, out of 

 which the National Tuberculosis Association grew, was held in 

 connection with this exhibit. 



Under the leadership of the Maryland Association some of the 

 pioneer tuberculosis nursing work of the country was developed. 

 By 1907 the Association was supporting three special tubercu- 

 losis nurses, and its traveling exhibit had been seen by over 

 100,000 persons. Local associations had been established in 





