Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-07-17
VISITING NURSE
WILL BEGIN WORK
Local Campaign Against Tubercu.
losis viii be Led by Mrs.
Florence Lee.

Florence Lee.
In 1910 the County Commission
ers of this County appropriated 5000
to be used in paying a visiting nurse
in the City of Willmar under the
directions of the Willmar Anti -Tu-
berculosis Society, with good results,
and the Society is still employing one
part of the time, and is also paying
for help to assist In housework in
homes requiring it.
Last October an educational cam
paign was made in this county in the
different school districts and ad-
dresses were made by Mr.. C. Easton,
secretary Of the State Association
for the Relief and Prevention of Tu-
berculosis. He was assisted by Mr..
Blakely Of the State Board of Health,
who handled the stereopticon views.
Ten townships were covered, but on
account of the unfavorable weather
the work was discontinued. The av-
erage attendance at these meetings
was 46, one third only Of which were
children, which was very satisfac-
tory.
Last March the County Commis-
sioners Of this county appropriated
$500 to be used in employing Wis
itlng county nurse, said sum to be
used under the direction of the Will
mar Anti tuberculosis Society and
Mr.. Feig, the county auditor. Com
petent visiting county nurses who are
capable Of taking the initiative and
planning, to a great extent, their own
work are scarce, but one has been
found in the person Of Mrs. Florence
Lee of Duluth, who has been enga ged
in that kind Of work for the last
three years by the Anti Tuberculosis
Society Of that city. She will be re-
leased after August first, as the work
in the future in that city will be done
by the City Health Department. Her
work here will be largely survey
or tabling Of the county, taking notes
as to living conditions, medical his
tory, economic conditions as to do
mestic management. The special OBJ
jects of her work will be:
| FIRST-To find out the actual
presence Of tubercular cases in this
county, thru the physicians and cler-
gy and others interested in the work
SECOND.-The methods of its
transmission.
THIRD.-The he home conditions
SUI rounding each case.
| The Willmar Anti-Tuberculosis So.
ciety will furnish her with a list OF
all deaths that have taken place il
this county during the last three
years. The number Of deaths in this
county from tuberculosis in 1911
were II.
The nurse discovers the condition
Of the homes of those who are sick
! She can do her routine work and al
so instruct the family in the care O.
the patient and the prophylaxis O.
, the home with domestic hygiene, al
/ so detailed instructions in regard t.
the care Of sputum. and other sani
tary matters, as ventilation and tn
use Of disinfectants. Nothing is O
more Importance in the campaig
:, against tuberculosis than the sys
tematic instruction by an experienc
ed county nurse. We need at pres
r ent more institutions for the treat
ment Of incipient and durable case
d. so that they can be restored to healt
and the advanced cases can be iso
lated and made more comfortable. ]
is hoped that those personally inter
ested in this cause will see that thi
nurse is properly housed and boarde
and arrangements made for her con
q veyance to and from those she wi
I visit.
The County paid nurse in the coun
try districts is one peculiar to Min
n nesota, and much good work has al
; ready been done by them.
: The County paid nurse is not r.
garded as charity paid nurse. .Sh
d is regarded as a county official, lil
u the county superintendent Of schoo
$ and other county officers.
Mrs. Lee has written to Mrs. J.
f. Petersen, the secretary of the Viii
mar Anti tuberculosis Society, tn;
she will be in Willmar August 4th
- commence work, and will address Il
local Society at its monthly meeti1
at the Commercial Club rooms in Il
J. afternoon Of August 9Th.
- Miss Peterson, deaconess, return'
to her home at Minneapolis yeste
day, after an over Sunday visit
Willmar. Miss Peterson gave We:
sr interesting talk at the Swedish M.
1t church Monday evening, pertainil
W to the suffering in the home in Ind
I'd and the good work done by the mi
D. sionaries out there. At the close
the meeting a foreign missionary $