Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-03

occurred in 1898 and marked the be-
ginning of the nursing work of the
settlement. No trained nurse was en-
gagged, however, until, in 1905, when
the settlement was taken over by
james A. Rath, the present head
worker. The settlement continued to
grow and, as there was great need
at the time for the services. of "a
trained nurse, one was engaged. At
first the nurse attended only to the
sanitary work Of the kindergarten, in
addition to visiting nursing, but as
the work became enlarged it was
found necessary to engage assistants
This was done in 1908, at which time
the work was organized on firm
basis.
In 900 the work of the settlement
was stopped on account of the plague
and fire which swept over the Chinese
section of the city, following which
tenements began to spring up
Throughout the burned district, in
,reasing the work of the nurse and
/ her assistants. On November s,
l9t6, the investigation of infant NOR
talitv was begun. which work is still
Leing CARR, q on by the nurses. On
June %. 1907, the pure milk DEPOT,
one of the biggest features in the
nursing work, was started. The work
of supplying milk to the babies of
the neighDorhood has been carried
/ On from year to year. In spite OF the
good results of this work it was felt
unwise to continue to supply modified
milk as it was found that the mJ n
/ ers were coming to depend upon the
settlement depot and in consequence
were not learning how to feed their
babies. 1t was decided to teach. home
modification in conjunction with the
supplying of pure milk, the addition
to the staff Of nurses placing the set
Element in stronger position with
regard to teaching home modification.
| This system was first introduced on
April 1, 1870 and it is yet too early
to judge the results, although large
quantity of milk is daily supplied by
the settlement and the various nurses
have a large number OF babies under
their care.
On October / 1907, the second Wis
iting trained nurse was employed.
The work of the settlement nurses
was then evened up and continued
with success until, on January l of
the next year il had increased to such
an extent that third nurse was en-
gagged On February Is the fourth
nurse was added TO the list and on
April s the first pure milk depot en-
dCwment was received from c. NJ.
Cooke. In 1910, two dispensaries
were opened, the one at kalihi on
February l and the one at Punchbowl
on April TO- The Pa Ola day camp
started work on April 4. While these
events practically lead up TO the work
which is now being carried on, they
do not include the large number of
main and branch dispensaries which
have been established during the past
two years. There have been several
changes made in the nursing staff
during that time and at present there
are eight nurses in. charge of the
work as follows: Miss Effie Craig,
head nurse with headquarters at the
Palama Settlement on King street;
Palama district, Miss Reba Dobson
and Miss NJ. Afieck; Kalihi district,
Miss Anna Huber Punchbowl dis
triet. Miss Daisy Smith; Kanluwela
district, Miss X. Kemp; Hakaako
| district, Miss Enid KingsburS. and
Pa Ola day camp, Miss Estelles Yetka.
Making Friends Of the People.
! The theory underlying district nurs-
i ing is that Of making friends with the
people in order that the nurses ma!
: be welcome into the various homes
their districts and help in cases