Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-08-07
COUNTY NURSE
NOW ON DUTY
Mrs. Florence Lee Has Arrived
Summary of Work She
Did al Duluth

The Willmar Anti=Tuberculosis So
ciety held it's monthly meeting yester-
day afternoon. Mrs. Florence Lee,
the new county nurse who just arriv-
ed on the afternoon train, was pres
ent at the meeting and gave general
talk on her work. The situation in
the city Of Willmar was gone over
thoroly and discussed by the members
present. Mrs. Lee will spend per-
haps two weeks in Willmar before
beginning her trips into the country.
Bills were allowed to the amount Of
$4O.41.
The Duluth News Tribune in last
Sundays issue published the follow
ing article in regard to the work
that Mrs. Lee has accomplished in
Duluth:
''This week marks the close Of the
active life Of the Duluth Anti-Tu-
berculosis committee. The organiza-
ton has accomplished the work for
which it was created and will here
after exist only as an advisory board.
The members are pleased with the
success attained. They point with
pride to the tuberculosis pavilion at
the county poor farm where tuber-
cular patients are segregated from
those suffering with other diseases.
The sanitarium at Midway is largely
the result of the activities Of the So
ciety.
'In addition to these larger accom-
plishments the organization has es-
tablished a children's pavilion at the
sanitarium where the little folks re-
ceive daily instruction while under
going treatment for the plague. The
tuberculosis dispensary at the county
courthouse was among the first Of
the successes which attended the Or
ganization and in the course Of it's
existence 372 persons have been ex-
|amined. A fully qualified corps Of
nurses is now attached to the city
health department to carry forward
the labor given over by the commit
ltee.
"As may be surmised the triumphs
accredited to the committee have not
come without financial outlay. The
citizens Of Duluth have contributed
) generously and their support was
enlisted by the well known men and
| women at the head pf the movement.
} In relief work alone the accounts of
the visiting nurse, Mrs. Florence Lee,
} display expenditures aggregating
1900. Most Of this money was
given the nurse by charitable people
and she expended it only in cases
Of dire necessity. The story Of these
/ loans and disbursements presents a
] chapter Of human interest without
r equal.
"Four years ago the reports of the
: city health department teemed with
cases Of tuberculosis Little attention
was paid to the disease, as it was
: considered by many to be incurable
l and preventative measures were lit
tie known. The yearly loss of life
i credited to tuberculosis set philan-
$ thropists and physicians all over the
country investigating. The agitation
S reached Duluth and met an instant
response; if anything might be done
t to head off the ravages Of the plague
r Duluth would do her share of the
e fighting.
give months of investigation lee
to organization Of the committee anc
the zeal Of those who interested
themselves is now rewarded. Duluth
leads most cities in preventive meas
ures. The children's pavilion at the
i sanitarium is evidence Of this. But
few such pavilions exist and none OF
the proportions and attention to de-
tail exhibited here. Aside from the
{. regular nurse the children are pro-
vided with an instructor, and while
cures are being effected education is
' not retarded.
Through the vehicles of private
!: donations and the sale Of Red Cross
4 Christmas stamps the local commit
tee raised funds to open campaign
in Duluth. They secured the serv-
5 ices Of Mrs. Lee as visiting nurse
y and to her activity is due much of
the success Of the organization
4 From the health department reports
i Mrs. Lee got in touch with afflicted
persons and later secured the COOP
GRAFTON of physicians who gave he1
j, the names Of others in the grip of
l the malady.
The health department provided
desk room for a sort of headquarters
for the committee and the nurse fin
ally moved the desk and other effects
in Room l, city hall. When the jan
itor came round to put her out she
held the advantage gained over night
and the permanent headquarters have
since remained in Room l. From
this Office the educational campaign
which followed was directed. To it
came reDOrts of sufferers and dOna-