Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-15
EXCELLENT WORK
OF NURSE ASSO.
With Cooperating Societies
Helpful in Infantile Paralysis
and Typhoid Epidemics

The excellent work done during the
past year by the Visiting Nurse AS
sociation was heard in reports pre-
sented at the annual meeting yesterday
afternoon at the Nurses Home, Front
and Boas streets. With cooperating
organizations the association largely
assisted in freeing the city of the in
fantile paralysis plague and it's pre-
Nentatve measures widely exploited,
lessened the seriousness of the typhoid
fever epidemic.
Mrs. Lyman d. Gilbert, the vice
president, presided, and in the report
of the directors made by the secre-
tary, Mrs. Harvey +. Smith, atten-
ton was called to the fact that never
before has the efficiency of the asso-
cation been so severely tested as last
year and never has the nursing force
responded more adequately to the
need Welfare work for babies was
begun early in the year and Baby
Welfare Week" was successful car
rled out with the aid of the Associ-
ated Aids, Pure Milk Society, Civic
Club and Aid to the Visiting Nurses.
The fly campaign helped much to save
the life of the little ones. as did the
crusades for pure milk, and pure ice
cream. Mrs. Edward Z. Gross. the
treasurer, showed the good financial
standing of the society in her state
ment
A child welfare nurse is being urged
for the county to teach the mothers
sanitation and the prevention worth so
much than a cure.
Superintendents Report
In the report of Miss Mary L. Miller,
superintendent of the association, a re-
cord of 13, ,476 visits was kept of the
special work of nursing the,sick, giving
instructions in the simple methods of
nursing and hygiene and of co-opera-
ton with various organizations for
the promotion of the public health.
During the typhoid epidemic, care
was given to 125 patients and 1,106
nursing visits made. The Board of
Health pamphlets on the prevention
of the disease distributed, the Ma
tional Preparedness Division furnish
ed disinfectants, bed linen and cloth
ing; the Pure Milk Society supplied
mosquito netting, fly paper, scrub
brushes, etc, and with the aid of
Mrs. Gilbert this association super
vised the cleaning and equipment of
the emergency hospital for GONZALES
cent typhoid patients.
Harrisburg is cleaner, safer city
than 1t was year ago and the five
isolated cases of infantile paralysis
here, in a center of travel tells of
thorough preventive work. The CO.
Sunshine society in work among the
cripples and shut-ins has been most
beneficial to many cases and mothers
of these afflicted ones have been in
structed by the superintendent how
to adjust the braces and correct the
deformities after a return from the
hospitals.
Assisting Organizations
Mrs. John E. Fox presented the re-
port of the Pure Milk Society, show
ing conclusively that without organ
lied effort for the betterment of babies
many of these little ones would not
have withStood the heat of the sum-
mer with its many ills.
The Aid society of which Miss Dora
Wickersham Coe is president, and
Miss Sarah r. Denehy, secretary, has
had five new members added to it's
roll. They have rolled bandages,
made baby Clothes helped make a
happy Christmas for inmates of the
almshouse and helped several desti-
tute families with clothing and food
The Aid furnished medicines, hot
water bottles, a baking oven for
rheumatic cases and many little EN-.
ergency articles for the association.
The officers just reelected include:
Mrs. A. p. l.. Dull, president; Mrs
Lyman d. Gilbert, vice-president;
Mrs. Harvey f. Smith, secretary; Mrs.
Edward q. Gross, treasurer; directors.
Mrs. William 10. Bailey, Mrs. B. f.
Burns, Mrs, Paul A. Kunkel, Miss
Mary Cameron. Mrs. w. Orville Hic-
kok, III; Mrs. Henry b. Mccormick,
Mrs Marlin e. Olmsted and Mrs.
Philip T. Meredith.
Miss Marian Bretz of North Second
street, a student at Bryn Mawr Col !
lege, will arrive Wednesday to spend
the Christmas vacation at her home.
VISITORS FROM PITTSBURGH
Mrs. Carrie Messenger and daughter. !
Mrs. Jose Paese of Pittsburgh, former
residents of this city have been called |
here by the death of Mrs. Messengers
father, William S. Gardner, of 81
Evergreen street.
ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Z. Reeser, of |
Camp Hill. entertained at dinner of |
twenty covers last evening to announce
the engagement of their sister, Miss /
Mary M. Reeser, to Frank Bolan, of |
1906 Regina street. this city. The
bride-elect is a daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Reeser. of 1895 North
Fourth street, and has a wide ac-