The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-14
VISITING NURSES
 ASSOCIATION ENDS :
 SUCCESSFUL YEAR
Mrs. H. M. Knapp Again Pres ident, Succeeding Mrs.
 A. L. Riker.
NURSES ACCOMPLISH
 MUCH GOOD WORK
Over $1, ,OOO Netted From Sale of Red Cross Stamps
 Experiences of Nurses.

A 4 sfF
 
 The annual meeting of the Visiting 1 Nurses Association was held in the ! Stratdeld hotel this morning. Mrs. A l.. Riker. president of the association, presided.
 elected. Mrs. Herbert M. Knapp was chosen president. This will make Mrs. Knapp's second term in that of fee. as she was president the year before Mrs Riker was elected Mrs. Andrew IA Riker was chosen first vice-president, Mrs. Michael H. Ford,
 second vice president. and Mrs. liar yey Hubbel1, third vice-president. Mrs. Samuel H. Wheeler was re-elect- ed to the office Of treasurer and Mrs. F. c. Blanchard to that Of recording secretary. The office Of correspond ing secretary is tosbe left open for a short time
 The treasurer report for the year was as follows Income for closing year of Bridge port Visiting Nurses Association, an- nual dues, donations. paying patients, two Performances of College Hero'' and Everywhere,'' Bridgeport Board of Health donation of $500 and sale of Red Cross stamps, $6,51O. 31. Expenses l S4.156-0s. This includes cost of Pure Milk Station, $s23 79 which was open for six summer months. Treasurer Mrs. S. H. Wheeler. The report Of the Pure Milk Sta ton Of which Mrs. H H Hamilton has charge was very interesting Two sta tions were first established. one at IoWarth's drug store in the West End and the other sat ostfofski,s drug store in East Bridgeport. Latch, in June, 1912. third station was estab x lished at Bulls Head During the
 month of July. 52 babies ere sup piled, and during the months of Au-I gust and September. 64 babies were supplied and 1,200 quarts of milk used each month. The Pure MIX Station has done such good work in the past that the association hopes to continue 1t this year, starting, probably, May The annual report of the associa- ton was read by the secretary, Mrs. F. C. Blanchard Since the last an nual meeting, held AprlI q 1913, there have been 10 regular and four special meetings From the sale of the Christmas stamps, s1511454 was real 1 George c. Edwards generously con tributed s1eOl toward the salary: of third nurse who was engaged for six months On March 1st of this year the nurses moved into their new quar- Fters at 475 State street and every one I is much pleased by the change
 The report Of Miss Anna M Cullen superintendent of the visiting nurses shows continued growth sof the ac-l 1 t1yities of the women among the stricken. Maternity and tuberculosis cases called for the greatest Share of attention from tie purses but their 1 efforts were divided among many Va. rieties of Illness. Calls for their social IsservIce endeavors, so caIled-heIpIrss people to help themselve have been | lessened by the estab lishment of the central bureau of the Associated l Charities
 The report of Miss Cullen is il1u-
 initiating in that it shows the attitude Of hostility with which the visiting nurses are receive5, also the IeVityt with which maternity cases are re- l garded among some of the foreign speaking people.
 She instances a case of maternity
 where the head of the house reluct- T antIy admitted her. though the motF1-
 CT. and babe had been without profes-
 siona1 attendance, and the child was I then 24 hours old; and the father re- fused permission for the nurse to en- ter on the occasion of her second visit. Tn the 59 cases of maternity, there I were five pains of, twins.
 I Maternity was the occasion of most I of the cases brought to the visiting
 nurses attention. But tuberculosis 1 was close second, with 53 cases! The I chief difficulty experienced in these l cases Miss Cullen indicates, is per-
 suading the victims to take the proper T care of themselves because they are
 loath to believe they are infected
 Miss Cullen recalls one case where
 the victim threatened to cause the ar
 rest of the nurse if she persisted [ in
 claiming that he had tuberculosis By
 the time that some of them are per
 eTuaded to take treatment, or to enter
 a sanatorium. they are beyond heID.
 The visiting nurses attended ROO T cases. of which 1S3 were non -pavir3s-
 The total number Of visits recorded
 during the year was 3; 300 The deaths
 n cases in which the visiting nurses
 assisted numb cred 30, of which ii were due to tuberculosis There were 32 cases under care April l. A recap-
 itulation of the nationalities of ca ses
 attended shows that the American cases were many times the largest
 1z5 whites, and 12 negroes
 As chairman of the Red Cross saa1 I lcomnittee, Miss Cullen reported tba+
 the total amount realized from 1be annual sale, thanks; to the interest
 and enthusiasm among the general
 pubHc. was s1191. 25. Ten per cent -S,f 1 this went to the American Red Cross
 society and there were expenses 9of
 sl024 Seals not taken, and t5ona- Llons. sWelled the net profit to s1 | 114.