Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-10
Volumn of Work Done Shown in
Annual Report to Visiting
Nurse Association.
OFFICERS CHOSEN FOR TERM
Mrs. c. o. Woodruff Again Head of
Oraanization-Great Good Ac-
compIished in Year.

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with the exception of Mrs. c. E.
Sharpe. who resigned her position as
secretary, Mrs. c. l.. Silvis being chos-
! en- in her stead. The officers who will
serve for the coming year are:
President-Mrs. c. o. Woodruff
Vice President-Mrs. A Mosenfel-
der
Treasurer-Miss Mary Carter.
Secretary-Mrs. c. l.. Silvis.
Members of the Observation-Disclosures
II. S. Cable, w. A. Rosenfield, James
Connor. Robert Wagner. l. S. White.
c. c. Carter, C. f. Sharpe, Daniel
Hayes, ST., L. NJ. Copp and Miss Car
rie Gregg.
Some idea of the volume of work
that falls upon the visiting nurses
Misses Edna Flanagan and Georgia
Turnbull. may be gained from the re-
port submitted by them yesterday.
During the year just closed they
have made a total of 1926 calls, an in
crease of 222 over last year. minis
tering to 637 patients, and working
under the direction of 50 physicians.
A third nurse made SO calls during
the year. The nurses made 40 calls
for the Metropolitan Life Insurance
company, the latter paving 4 stipu-
lated sum for their services to policy
holders. tuberculosis of the lungs,
heads with eight the disease from
which the 81 patients died during
the year, pneumonia coming second
with five. The nurses report follows:
Nurses Report.
Number of old patients forwarded,
225; number of new patients, 212;- re-
covered and improved, 211; improved
and dismissed, 100; transferred to
care of family. IA; transferred to |
trained nurse. ); transferred to prac- !
teal nurse, s; transferred to hourly !
nurse, 2; sent to st. Anthony's hospi- |
tai, 10; sent to WATERFOWL, l left |
town, s; remaining. II; collected, |
SAP; Metropolitan Insurance collect
ed. S235; amount spent for supplies,
s63.27.
Reports for infant welfare and milk
station:
Collection, s4s5; expenses. s64.49;
eight babies supplied with milk; 81
ba bies under the supervision of infant
welfare work; baby welfare station
started May 6, 1914 with seven babies;
HiLh SldtlOH SidTISu June -, 1917, |
with four. babies.
President Praises Nurses.
Mrs. c. o. Woodruff in speaking
of the work done by the association
praised the efficient services of the
visiting nurses ana their conscien-
tious application to duty. also paying
a tribute to the first visiting nurse
Miss Margare NJ Giles who died last
year. and for whom memorial fund
IS now being collected. Mrs. Wood
ruff said:
Presidents Report.
In presenting the report of the
work OF the Visiting Nurse associa-
ion for the year just closed. we do f.;
10 with the assurance that it has been =
year of advancement. Our work
las enlarged and become more eff
.ient. Our nurses have not only by
heir untiring service brought relief
rom pain and suffering, but are daily /
eaching over and over again as they {
70 in and out among their patients the
gospel of right living-not only caring '
or the sick, but instructing the fam '
~ how to prevent disease, the i'm 6
ortance of pure air. properly cooked l
God and the necessity of absolute
in the home, and sanitary {
Bv the cooperation OF the West End I
settlement our nurses under the di- I
ection of DIR. A y. Mueller have been '
BILE to send out milk prepared for each 4
aby by special formula, and We be- v
eve by this means the lives of many r
abies will be saved. +
DR.. Walter Cornell, writing in the '
psychological Clinic says: Follow Il
10 the lead of the physician. the nurse I
as also entered into the field Of pre- s
entive work. and modifying her &C b
vities to include social and admins e
-ative effort. as we'll as the healing *
the sick, has proved herself as nee e
sary in this respect as she is in the v
cid OF medicine" n
Professor Winslow, curator of pub e.
c health OF the Museum of Natural n
istory, New York City. says: I'VE m
eed large bodies of sanitary educa- G.
RS. who can bring our knowledge Il
bear on the individual citizen. Some CT
the missionaries of sanitation will V
, physicians. but most of them will p'
, nurses, and that is why in my p'
dgment the visiting nurse is the :
ost important figure in the modern
ovement for the protection of the
lblic health"
One year ago Margaret Giles. first
sitting nurse in the city of Rock Is
nd. stood in her place and gave us
at splendid report of her years work
g recall her love for her work. and
r self sacrificing devotion. Frail in
dy, she refused to lay down the
,rk until it became imperative. And
Just one month from that day she
tered into her reward. The unset
hness of her life remains a beautiful!
emory There was no disease too
.thsome, no home too miserable nori