NATIONAL HEALTH LIBRARY
50 West 50th Street, New York, N. Y.

IsaBeEL L. Towner, Chief Librarian
Eva R. Hawkins, Associate Librarian

The National Health Library is a cooperative activity of the National
Health Council. It was established in 1921 by the consolidation of the
libraries of four of the organizations included in the Council. It is
supported by special contributions from member agencies and member-
ship fees. While the collection is primarily for the use of the staffs of
the supporting organizations and their members, it is open for reading
and reference use, with certain restrictions, by any one interested in
public health and allied subjects. The Library now contains about
6,000 volumes, 30,000 pamphlets and 500 periodicals, including health
bulletins and reports from the states and principal cities.

The chief distinction of the National Health Library is its index of
current periodical health literature, which is the most complete of any
library in the United States. This is kept in the form of a card catalog.

Beside general public health and personal hygiene the main subjects
covered are blindness prevention, child health, health education, mental
hygiene, nursing, nutrition, personal health, public health nursing,
psychoanalysis, sex education, tuberculosis, social hygiene and venereal
disease prevention.

The Library does not have any pamphlets for free distribution or
sale. It does have available or will compile bibliographies and reference
lists on special subjects at a nominal cost.

Loan privileges are granted to those who are individual members of
the following supporting organizations:

American Public Health Association
American Social Hygiene Association
National Committee for Mental Hygiene
National Organization for Public Health Nursing
National Society for Prevention of Blindness

sia cca National Tuberculosis Association

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fr linehsers ‘Others must pay an annual fee of $3.00. There is also an annual
corporate membership of $10.00 which permits, in addition to the
privilege of borrowing books, special use of the Library, with certain
: , restrictions.
Kectwet—*AFvery Friday there is issued a four page mimeographed Library
Lire Index in which reference is made to the more important and interesting
ys articles appearing in the current magazines received in the Library.
; References are included to city and state health bulletins not indexed
On’ in any other place. The subjects used are the same as those covered by
), og4 the Library collection. The annual subscription is $2.50 for those not
“t“*"~ on the staff of the supporting agencies.
dope nee, The Library is open from 9 to 5 Monday to Friday; 9 to 1 Saturdays.
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