The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-19
VISITING NURSES
MADELINE RECORD
More Than $4,000 Sick Persons
Attended by Volunteer Band
Without Charge.
MRS. PARRISH PRESIDENT
Organization Prepared to Garry
Forward Work on Greater
Scale This Year.
MRS. PARRISH PRESIDENT

That the astonishing tota, If 2b7aS
visits were paid by the Instructive
visiting Nurses Association during
1911 10 alcK people too poor to nave
otherwise received skilled attention is
the statement made III the annual re-
port of Miss Mamie Minor. head nurse.
Inc report further Sc, forth tina, meal
tickets had been given TO l,S9i patients
badly in need OF proper punishment and
Ice tickets issued in the deadly weu-
ther Of last summer TO the extent OF
1855
This remarkable report, made at the
tenth annual meeting of the asSocia .
ton last week, was a hitting climax to
the decade OF work done in this laud-
able canse. The report OF the prcsi-
dent, Mrs. j. Scott Parrish, called last
year the best year since the founding
OF the society. Not only hus the scope
OF THE work wideuod enormously. but
the public is awakening TO the good
being done and Is responding with tho
financial assistance 50 necessary Iuv
the continuance OF thc association.
Two points stand on: above all 9TH
ers In the resume OF the associations
growth last year: Tho acquisition OF a
nom" Tor the nurses aad the addition
10 the stan Of an emergency nurse.
The home was made possible through
the generosity OF Miss Grace Arcnts,
who gives the house q, 223 South
Cherry free of rent. While in the past
II has been necessary for the visiting
nursese to have hours, usually from .
10 .. since the emergency nurse has
been added to the stuff, help can he
had at any time of the day or night
Tho stan now numbers ten Most re-
markablc liz the educational work done
by the association Through It's OK
ample. the School Board OF the city OF
Richmond and the City Board OF
Health have been led to establish
STATS OF visiting nurses.
~ new feature Of the nursing intro.
duced last year by the organization OF
the Girls Auxiliary. Is the support and
management OF the I.akcsid. Baby
hospital, which cared for hundreds Of
sick children during the worst spclls
OF last summer. The receipts OF this
auxiliary last year wero Si,6q6. The
hospital Will be run again next sum
mer with Miss Nora randolph as the
president
While relying mainly upon the re-
Spouse or the public on Tag Day. the
association derived more contributions
from private sources than from the Tag
Day scheme. The expenses OF the as
ISOLATION were Ss,9T0.06. and of this
amount S2.622 was raised on Tag Day
S2.3iS was paid By the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company for services
and the balance contributed privately.
Tag Day this year will lie set FOR III.
latter part of April or tho nrst part
OF May. The association is hoping FOR
more enthusiastic response this year
than ever before, now that the public
Is beginning to understand the work
and to sympathize more fully with
what is being done. For those who
are not familiar with the work. it may
be said that the association seeks to
provide trained nurses whose duty is
to visit sick persons deprived of proper
care, to nurse them i'll their homes 10
give Thorn such attention as is impera-
lively needed, and TO instruct members
OF the household in the simple rules of
hygenic nursing.
The following officers were elected at
tho annual meeting To serve during
1912: Mrs. ]. scott Parrish, president;
Mrs. Waller w. Morton, first vice prcsi.
dent; Mrs. Sam Cohen. second vice
president: Mrs. Melville c. Branch.
third vlce-president; Mrs. r. H. Lind
sey, treasurer: Mrs. Aliis Talbot, re-
cording secretary. Mrs. George Bryan,
CORRESPONDING secretary; Miss Pauline
Powers librarian.