110 A HISTORY OF NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



financed by the National Association, a thorough survey of the 

 Winnebago Indians was made in 1919 and 1920. The survey has 

 been published by the Nebraska Historical Society. 



The death-rate from tuberculosis in Nebraska was 43.0 in 1920. 



The headquarters of the Nebraska Tuberculosis Association 

 are located at 483 Brandeis Theatre Building, Omaha, Nebraska, 

 and the executive secretary is Mrs. K. R. J. Edholm. 



NEVADA PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION 



The Nevada Public Health Association was organized in 1916, 

 on much the same basis as the associations in Idaho, Montana 

 and Wyoming. All of these associations were formed out of 

 funds secured through the Christmas seal sale by the National 

 Association. 



The entire population of the State of Nevada, according to the 

 1921 census, was only 77,000, less than the population of a city 

 like Trenton, New Jersey, or Syracuse, New York. The problem 

 of developing a state-wide interest in public health and tuber- 

 culosis under such circumstances will readily be seen to present 

 peculiar difficulties. It is gratifying, however, to note that in 

 the last five years the State Association has developed an unusual 

 amount of interest in tuberculosis. A very considerable number 

 of patients have been taken care of, chiefly in California institu- 

 tions. The Modern Health Crusade has been extended through- 

 out the schools. The mining camps have spread information 

 about health and disease. At least six public health nurses have 

 been secured for state or local work. At present there is a deter- 

 mined effort to secure some definite state provision for tubercu- 

 losis patients and for the development of a better state public 

 health system. It is not too much to say that all this interest and 

 activity can be traced to the Nevada Public Health Association. 



The headquarters of the Nevada Public Health Association are 

 at Reno, Nevada, and the secretary is Mrs. Martha O. Davis. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



The earliest history of tuberculosis activity in New Hamp- 

 shire is that of a commission appointed by joint resolution of the 

 legislature in 1901. The report of this commission led to the 



