Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-13
DISTRICT NURSING.
Report Of the Committee on Work of tn
Past Year.

Past Year.
Our work of caring for the sick poor
in their own homes has been continued
during the last year upon the same lines
as heretofore, and there is little that is
new to be reported in regard to it. The
old interest and usefulness have also
been continued, and we confidently be-
lieve that our faithful nurses have ey-
cry day brought relief and comparative
comfort to some sick and suffering per-
sons who, without these nurses, would
have had no skilful care, not a few of
them no care at all. During the year
we have maintained one nurse in full
work and another in about two thirds
work, at an expense of, $107564, and they
have made 1882 calls upon 9S patients,
We have also expended 1851 as a COM
fort fund for food, dressings extra and
night nursing, etc.
We have lately offered the services of
our nurses to the city hospital to care
for discharged patients still needing
dressings and the like, and the hospital
has gladly accepted our offer. This I'M
dertaking may yet prove Of very con-
siderable extent as we'll as usefulness.
Since Dec. /, when the annual report
of receipts and expenditures, printed
here on the following page, was made to
the Ladies' Aid Society, a month has
passed and its necessary expenses have
nearly emptied our treasury. We now
have two nurses in full work, and shall
need to raise this year a larger sum
than last year.
Our nures, Miss Ella P. Goldthwait
and Mrs. s. f. Blood, have done for
their patients all that skill and kind
ness could do, and we thank them heart
lily. Our thanks are due, as always at
this time of year, to the trustees of
the Memorial Hospital for their kind
and constant support, and to the author
tiles of the street railway companies for
their liberality in supplying our nurses
with free tickets over their lines.
And above all we thank our contribu-
tors. whose interest and generosity have
made possible whatever we may have
accomplished. We thank them, and we
call upon them and upon those who have
not yet helped us, for even greater gen
erosity in the future. For we look for
ward to a steady increase in the need
and opportunities for this form of be-
nevolence, and to its permanent estab-
lishment in our city upon an independ-
ent basis. And we urge upon the com
passionate people of Worcester the need,
not only of annual subscriptions to sus-
tain this charity, but also such gifts, by
bequest or otherwise, as will build up a
permanent fund for district nursing,
and make safe the future of this work
of mercy.
Contributions may be sent to the pres
ent treasurer, Mrs. Homer Gage, No.
Chestnut street, or any member of the
committee:
Mary N. Perley, 4S1s William street.
Harriet E. Clarke, Chestnut street.
Ellen t. c. lockwood, 81 Summer
street.
Lucy A. P. Short, IT'S Main street.
Mabel Knowles Gage, treasurer,
Chestnut street.
Alice Norcross Gross, % May street
Mary e. Liscomb, IS Elm street.
Mary F. Sargent, IA Hammond street.
District Nurse Committee.
Worcester, 4th January, 1898.
The treasurer's report of the fund fol
the year enc g Dec. 1, 1897, shows re-
ceipts $1S73.13, balance $221.6S. Genera
fund: Receipts $1228.56, balance $15292
Comfort fund: Subscriptions $91, bal
ance $15.19. Mcclure fund: Balance Of
last year $5S.57, balance for this veal
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