112 A HISTORY OF NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



Since 1916 the death-rate from tuberculosis in New Hamp- 

 shire has shown a drop from 114.5 to 97.0 in 1920. 



The headquarters of the New Hampshire Tuberculosis Asso- 

 ciation are located in the Manchester City Mission Building, 

 Merrimac and Beech Streets, Manchester, New Hampshire, 

 and the executive secretary is Dr. Robert B. Kerr. 



NEW JERSEY TUBERCULOSIS LEAGUE 



The first organization for the prevention of tuberculosis in 

 New Jersey was the Anti-Tuberculosis Committee of the Oranges, 

 established in 1904. 



The New Jersey Association for the Prevention and Relief 

 of Tuberculosis was established in 1906, with headquarters in 

 Newark. For seven years the association conducted a more 

 or less active campaign until, in 1913, it became necessary to 

 reorganize the work. By that time local associations had been 

 formed in most of the larger cities in the state. The state asso- 

 ciation became, as in the case of Massachusetts, a league of 

 societies as its name implies. It has, since reorganization, gone 

 beyond the original limits set for the League, and developed a 

 large amount of unorganized territory in the localities where it 

 has not been possible up to this time to organize local associa- 

 tions. There are 38 local associations definitely affiliated with 

 the League, indicating that the state is fairly well served, espe- 

 cially in view of the fact that most of the local associations 

 have full-time executives. 



Under the county hospital laws of 1910 and 1912 the League 

 has developed 9 county hospitals and 4 city sanatoria. In addi- 

 tion there is the state sanatorium and one private sanatorium, 

 with a total bed capacity of 1,688. There are 18 clinics and 

 dispensaries, 5 camps, 2 preventoria, and 40 open-air classes. 

 Eighty-four towns and cities have public health nursing service, 

 the number of nurses being considerably in excess of the number 

 of towns. 



The legislative activity of the State League, besides that 

 already mentioned, has resulted in the prevention of public 

 spitting, the abolition of the roller towel and public drinking 



