Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-26

urer DR.. Libby and II. II. Coolidge
| were appointed Il committee to confer
with the Augusta committee in regard
| to securing the services of q district
nurse. A letter was read from DR. y.
| A. Downs of Fairfield, secretary of
! the Maine Anti-Tuberculosis Associa-
| ton, to Mrs. G. II. Gray. president of
| the local branch of the Red Cross ex-
pressing his thanks for the large num-
| Der of Red Cross seals sold by the To-
! cal branch of the Red Cross, stating
! he thought the Gardiner Chapter had
| the per capita record for Maine. The
/ following letter was read from Mrs.
| G. II. Cray:
The Gardiner Chapter of the Nation
IAl Red Cross begs TO submit the fol-
| lowing report of work done and infor
ration obtained during the season:
The following cases have come TO
| our notice, drawn from all classes in
| our community:
| Miss L. was first brought to the notice
of the Red Cross in March, 1910. She
was then in a very serious condition, and
her rapid failure could be seen from day
| to day. She had been out of the shoe
factory short time, in accordance with
|
| the observation of the Red Cross 1t was
| the opinion of two doctors that with such
| treatment as she would receive at san.
atorium she had good chance for recoy-
cry. With this assurance an earnest eff
| fort was begun to raise funds from the
| Red Cross treasury, and from people
| both in Gardiner and in Boston. The re-
Spouse was so generous that in 10 days
| fff,,.,
| ing the young. woman to Hebron for six
months. While the money was being
raised the Red Cross supplied part of the
| milk the rest being most kindly con-
| tributed by the doctor. who also gave his
| services. Eggs and medicine were sup
piled by the society. Miss l.. remained at
| the sanatorium until early in August.
| 1910, when very serious new symptoms
| developed, which made the arrest of the
disease seem impossible She returned to
| Gardiner and after much effort place
| was found in Pittston where she was
| boarded till her death, Feb. II, 1911.
| On the very day of this young woman's
funeraLa new and most urgent case came
to the attention Of the Red Cfoss-that
| of Mr.. C. S. Two doctors were of the
| opinion that three months of Hebron
would put the young man on his feet.
The thorough examination at the sana-
torium proved his case to be much more
serious; the worst feature being a tubercu-
lar ulcer on the larynx. In spite of this
| DIR. Nichols, the head physician of He
! bron, thought that the disease could in
s. time be arrested Mr.. S. went to Hebron,
March %, 1911, with the idea of remain
! ing three months; but he is still there,
! the disease not being sufficiently checked
TO make it expedient for him to leave.
, II is hoped that we may keep him there
| till March, when we pray he may be able
to come out sufficiently we'll to look after
himself. At all events. great as the dis
appointment will be il the disease be moi
/ arrested by that time, We shall he oblg-
ed for financial reasons td let him come
home.
| In both these cases, and in another If
which mention will be made below. the
| companions of these afflicted ones In the
| factories in which they We're employed,
have given literally. In the first in
stance. one hundred dollars was raised
in the Hazard shoe factory. In the see
ond case thirty dollars came from Mr.
SIS. coworkers in Salem and several sub
scriptions have been raised in the Com
monweaIth shoe shop for-Mrs b, the
case just spoken of, which is described
below
| Miss N, on Spring street. IS years
| old, died two weeks or more ago. after
1 an illness of several years. She was
| one of a family of six in Madison
| who have all died of tuberculosis. She
| lived here with an aunt, who had lost
| father and mother from the same dis
| ease.
| Mrs. j, on Spring street, a young
married woman of only IS, has been
very i'll with tuberculosis for months.
Ehesease is considered too far advanc-
| cd to be arrested. Her only baby died
| of tuberculosis.
| Mr.. E.. on Liberty street has had
| tuberculosis for nearly eight years,
He had to give UP work three or four
years ago, and is now far advanced,
| with frequent hemorrhages.
| Mrs. D., who died. last week, was
| q very sad case. She was q young
| married woman with three little chill
| dren her husband in the Insane hos
pital. She and her children lived with
! her father and mother, in rent SO
leaky and poor that ON cold days the
whole family had, to be in the pa
! tents room, the only one that could
I be kept warm. The close air result
ing from the crowding together of so
many people in a single small room
| not only exposed the children to the
utmost danger of infection, but les
| sened the patients chance of recov-
cry. The Red Cross has provided
eggs, medicines, ETC., for this case.
/ Miss B.. on Highholborn street, a
girl of about 90 has been ill with tu-
berculosis for several years and her
case is growing worse. Her people are
in very narrow circumstances. The
Red Cross will undertake To provide
necessaries fer this case.
Mr.. D. has been "A sufferer from
tuberculosis inNth joints for many
years.
Mrs. - has been n sufferer for
| several years, and has to sit out of
| doors all day. She was out during all
of the extreme weather we have been
| having lately.
The expense of these cases to the
! tt,ff IN, Of IL