New Britain herald., 1920-03-24
NEW BRITAIN SIXTH
 IN RED GROSS SALE
$3,652 Worth Of Christmas Seals
 Sold Here

Hartford, March 24.-The Christ mas seal sale in Connecticut yielded exactly $S2,324.9I according to the records of the State Tuberculosis commission which directed the cam paisn. Final figures just received at tho state capitol disclose a number of surprises which were not apparent in the preliminary reports chief among them the remarkably large totals returned by Hartford, which leads the large cities in per capita sales. and Wallingford, which leads the large towns or boroughs. Nor wich's large sale, before reported, in dcates that it easily leads the small Ter cities of the Statc In total amounts Hartford's per capita sale of 6.6 surpasses that of GA, which was returned by New Haven, and that of
 5.3, reported by Bridgeport. Hart lords increase from , seals per cap ita at the last previous sale, to 6.6 last December, was one of the most phenomenal incidents of the cam- paiEn.
 This City Is Sixth.
 New Haven, whose sale was con- ducted by the Visiting Nurse asso- citation of that city, had the largest total sale in the state, amounting to 10,SS365 to $9,66S.47 for Hartford. conducted by the Hartford Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis and $S,432.32 by the Bridgeport Wis iting Nurse association. Waterbury was fourth with $5,55S.69, Norwich fifth with $4,614.64, New Britain with $3,652.90 was sixth Meriden seventh with $3,0S6.64, Stamford eighth with $2,259.90, New London ninth with $2,079.35, Ansonia-D Derby tenth with e1 With $2,o16.52. Wallingford received it's right to it's title Get Well Quick Wallingford,' hy leading the state in seals sold per capita to it's popua- tion, it's sale averaging 16.9 for every resident of the town. Norwich came second with per capita sale of 15.3, Beacon Falls third with 11.9
 Bozrah fourth with 11.S and Water town fifth with 11.4. Pomfret was sixth with 10.9. Meriden seventh with 9.4, West Hartford eighth with 9.1, Greenwich ninth with S.9, Fairfield tenth with S.s, and Simsbury eleventh with S.4
 Amount Is Doubled.
 The state only raised 1856 at it's last seal sale two years ago, and the present campaign has practically doubled the amount. The methods l will be- devoted to tuberculosis nurs- ing, educational and preventive work in alnti-tuberculosis warfare, and to some extent to supplying pa tients with material relief and sana- torium Urea tment. The exact amount raised by the forty-eight cities and towns which conducted a campaign i according to a table prepared by ! Hubert M. Sedgwick, state director Of the campaign> was follows: Ansonia, $2,06G.7S; Beacon Falls, l s223.4O, Bozrah. $90: Bethel, s71.5O; Rranford, $272.1S; Bristol. $S2O.39;
 Bridgeport, $S,432.32; Danbury S5S0.- 1 92; Darien, $235.79; Fairfield, $1,- l 075.01; Greenwich, $1.6SS.19; Gris- 1 wold, $209.15; Groton, $196.SO; Ham, 1 den, $371.24; Hartford, $9,66s.47;
 killingly, S417.73: Litchfield. $5S2.21;
 Manchester, S705.0S; Meriden, s3, ! oS6.64; Middletown, $1,254.63; Mill 1 ford, $553; Naugatuck, s561; New Britain, S3,652.90; New Haven. $10,- SS3.65; New London, $2,079.35; No. ! Canaan, $64.5O; Norwalll, $1,376.37; Norwich, S4,614.64: Plainfield, $120; 1 Plymouth, $229.60; Pomfret, S1SS.22; 1 Putnam. $219; Seymour, s464.50; i Simsbury, $34O.S3; Southington,
 S21S.5S; Sprague, $S6.2o; Stamford,
 s2.2599O: Stratford, $434.67; Suf- 1 field, $251.03; Thomaston, $237.92;
 Torrington, $1.074.13; Vernon, $526.- i 19; Wallngford, $2,016.52; Water l bury, $5.55S.69; Watertown, $14o.3Y;
 West Hartford, s7O1.10 West Haven, s4S4.6S; Windham. S1,010.95.