Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-10-30
LOCAL BRANCH MEETS
FOR CIVIC HEALTH WORK
Report of District Nurse Submitted
for Five Months May | to
Sept. 80.
REV.FATHER WARREN ELECTED

County Branch Of Society for
Relief and Prevention of
tuberculosis.
The Anne Arundel Branch Of the
Maryland Society for the Relief and
Prevention of tuberculosis met last
evening in the lower room of the Mu-
nicipal Building. President John dc
p Douw presided. and Capt. Hay
mond Stone, U. S. y. acted as sec
retary for the meeting
The meeting was called for the pur-
pose of discussing ways and means of
raising funds to meet expenses during
the coming year. There was a good
attendance of representative citizens.
including the clergy, the president Of
St. Johns College. representatives of
local railroads and others in various
walks of life, professional as well as
educational
Discussions were entered into with
vim and earnestness. After some lit
tie discussion it was decided to sell
Red Cross Seals during Christmas
season and Mrs. r. c. Heiner was
elected chairman of the committee for
that purpose
1t was also decided to have Tag
Day in the Spring.
The Rev. Father c. Warren, G. SIS.
r., Rector Of St. Mary's Church, was
elected vice-president of the Associ.
alton. vice the Rev. Father James Bar
ron. recently ordered to another par
ish.
Chaplain S. +. Evans, United States
Navy, was elected a member vice Chap
lain William G. Cassard, detached.
Miss Ann Doyle, the District Nurse,
read her report. which she submit
ted and which covered a period of five
months, from May ], to September 80,
there having been no meeting Of the
local Branch in that time.
District Nurses Report.
The report of the District Nurse was
as follows:
Health Department ...
Disinfectant distributed to typhoid
patients. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ;
Supplies to T. 3. patients .... II
Johns Hopkins Dispensary. Was
serman test. t........... .....
Navy Department, Wasserman test
Navy Department, Microscopic ex-
animation. ..............)...
Tuberculin test t.................
Ambulance. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Diet, milk. eggs, etc. tc............ 19
CITY tx. ...................... II
Hospital Club Rx. acknowledgements. 2
Transportation. .................
Shoes. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
heilel .......... ........... .
Friendly visitor for r.........
Articles loaned to patients ... u
Referred TO County Commissioners
/ Referred to Magistrate. .....
Referred to Instructive Nurse As
sociation, Washington. |
Referred to st. Mary's Home for
Boys, (colored) )...........
St Katherine's Home for Girls
(colored) NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Patients on hand May 1..... 100
New patients. Observation-Disclosures. 49,
] Number of patients cared for 49,. 23'
/ Died ed.......... ..................... II
Discharged Observation-Disclosures. 9!
Transferred.
Patients on hand October 1...... 12t
Nursing visits ...............1 III:
I Social service visits ..... 21'
Total number of visits .. 139I
Z Average number of visits. .
! Doctors services obtained for III. II
Patients sent to Emergency Hos Il
Patients sent to Mercy Hospital
4 Sent to Maryland General Hos
Sent to Hospital for Women OF
Marland. Observation-Disclosures.
| Patients sent to Brownsville -
! Patients sent to Laurel Sanato-
rum for Drugs. gs...........
Patients sent to University Hos.
Patients sent to Friedman's Hos
Patients sent to Emergency Dis. g
Patients sent to Johns Hopkins Dis
| Patients sent to Hebrew Hos.Dis
Registered with State Board 70
Health. ................
| Sputum to Health Department
Fumigations. deaoths ..........
| Fumigations. removals ...
! Insanitary conditions reported to
In the discussion following the read
ing ii was orderd that letters of ap
| probation be written to Mrs. ]. de 7
Douw and the Messrs. Parlett & Par
lett Company for special interest an
material help during the past summer
Mrs. Douw raised about s4S througl
a series of card parties given at he
home during the summer for the 10
and milk fund. and was enabled there
by to supply nineteen sick people wit
milk for the summer
The Messrs. Parlett & Parlett Com
pany furnished a number of sick pee
pie during the summer. one sick Wo
man who for weeks was obliged I
have two ice caps constantly, wa
given $50 pounds of ice a day, a mos
generous gift by the ParIett Company
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