Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-06-01


proper advice care and environment
and that she visited doctor IN time
for the doctor 10 obtain the best results.
As 2 post-natAl nurse mother and child
would be cared for and advice given,
the child watched and proper doctors
supervision seen TO. This, the speaker
said, means a great deal even into ia
ture generations.
While ia the home, conditions can
b. observed and soften suggestions Of.
fefed that WiII tend 10 the better health
Of the family a tuDefeulsf inmate
Of the home may be discovered and
adyice given for The patients health
and for the protection Of the family
and friends that wt4. prove invaluable
and perhaps prevent Others contract
ing the disense. Miss TeDbutt told Of
visiting sueh home duaBg her own
experience The family bad attempt
ed to use the greatest care. she found
that the person afflicted with taoef-
Gu tosis was using the same dishes 1t
meal times rs were other members Of
the family. Two others had already
contracted lthe disease but IL was Of
such recent contraction that they re-
sponded 10 treatment. The value Of a
MUSE IN such a case was impossible to
estimate in = money standard.
In the schools the nurse S work is AL
most Invaluable As a school inspec-
tor the vital part of her duties may be
said 10 lie. It is through the children
that the nurse is able TO get into the
homes. she notes the defects OF child
ren. She does not diagnose cases or
give medical advice but finding n de-
ficient subject she calls at the home
and advises the parents TO secure the
immediate services oil physician.
1.-THE doctor Is supreme at oil times
said Miss Tebbuft. She also gets into
the home through the children in the
factories She learns Of the childrenis
environment, notes ventilation and
eougested conditions under which they
may exist and by advice brings about
an improvement that benefits the
whole family by relief and rehabilitn-
ton. No material relief is given. IF
II Is found ia be needed and the family
can not afford to pay the case is re-
ported 70 the proper authorities. doe
tors have never been known to refuse
their services when requested by 4
community nurse, said Miss febbutt.
The nurse teaches by education. The
iabofing GLASSES receive the greater
portion OF her time and attention.
There IS no aim TO make the nurse n
charity institution and to thereby
paupefize those whom she serves If
the family can pay a small fee they
are asked to do so. But service is not
withheld because a family is so poor
they can not pay. There are different
plnns IN different cities regarding this
and Putnam would have to adopt a
plan of its own. Many times the
nurse is almost self supporting by
money received for services, which is
turned over TO a society or committee
as the case may be.
Miss Tebbatt talked for two hours.
The local situation was discussed, es-
pecially regarding the financing of the
project. She told of conditions Oh.
served in Putnam where nurse
would be Of great benefit. She told OF
things she observed while in our
schools that require the attention of a
nurse. She made it emphadcally
plain TINT she only had the health in,
tefest OF Putnam at heart, as such
work has been her life work, and that
In urging the procurement of health
nurse she sincerely sbelieved that this
city would receive benefits that those
not familiar with the great iwork COM
munity nurses all over the country are
doing could hardly grasp in mo-
ment.
We believe that Putnam needs a
community nurse. We believe that
community nurse would relieve and
prevent much suffering and misery.
We believe that it would prevent
boys and girls in many instances from
growing into abnormal men and
women. We believe that il would
conserve the health of Putnam and
that Putnnm would obtain q benefit
far out of proportion 10 the eXpendi-
tute involved On the one side of the
ledger we may write 81, 500 On the
other side We may write, healthier ba-
bies, healthier children, healthier men
and women, decrease in infant NOR
tality, better work in the schools,
better school Attendance, better work
in factories .and mercantile establish
ments, brighter, happier, Healthier
homes etc, etc, almost ad intinitum.
Wouldn't such an account as the
above be approved hy the citizens ii
found upon the books OF the munich.
pslity Of which they are unit
Wouldn't it be considered good, sound
business Judgment