THE STATE TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATIONS 119 



wise, of the Brooklyn Federation of Labor; the perfection of the 

 ferry-boat day camp service in cooperation with the city de- 

 partment of health; organization of one of the first health centers 

 in the city, and the early use of health places as a means of educa- 

 tion on tuberculosis. 



In 1919, following the Greater New York Christmas seal sale, 

 to which reference has been made in the preceding section, a 

 committee covering the Borough of Queens was organized under 

 the supervision of the Brooklyn Committee. 



In 1921 the Queens Committee became an independent asso- 

 ciation known as the Queens County Tuberculosis Association. 

 This organization is now developing an extensive educational 

 campaign throughout this large and diversified borough of 

 Greater New York. 



The death-rates from tuberculosis given in the preceding sec- 

 tion for New York city apply to Greater New York and include 

 Brooklyn and Queens. The same relative decline in this borough 

 has been marked as in the whole city. 



The headquarters of the Committee on the Prevention of Tu- 

 berculosis of the Brooklyn Bureau of Charities are at 69 Scher- 

 merhorn Street, Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Thomas J. Riley is 

 the general secretary and Mr. Nels A. Nelson is the secretary. 



NORTH CAROLINA TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



In 1906 a North Carolina Association for the Prevention of 

 Tuberculosis was organized. With no money and without a 

 very definite program, the Association soon passed out of exist- 

 ence. 



In 1913, at the suggestion of the National Tuberculosis Asso- 

 ciation, a Red Cross Seal Commission for North Carolina was 

 formed. Out of the energetic activity of that commission a 

 new state association, known as the North Carolina Tuberculosis 

 Association, was organized in 1920. The Red Cross Seal Com- 

 mission, from its beginning in 1913, was closely related to the 

 State Bureau of Tuberculosis and the State Sanatorium, of which 

 Dr. L. B. McBrayer was the head, and has naturally developed 

 its program in close cooperation with these official agencies. 



The formation of the independent association in 1920 grew 



