The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-05
|suRvEY PLANS
| WERE OUTLINED
,rd Of directors Of Waiting Nurse
Association Learns Of What
Miss Cron Will
DO.
10 CURB TUBERCULOSIS
,I+s Will be Laid Before Commit
tees and the Board Of Super
vlsors-other Reports
Made.

vlsors-Other Reports
r,a hoard OF directors Of the Visit
Nurse association at the meeting
lhs ,norning. heard the plans OF the
lnis nstrating nurse, Miss Cron,
u 1ho ;s making a survey Of the tuber-
WY Wis conditions in Lee county. MISS
c Clnn 10 a public health nurse, trained
io cleveland, O., for her special
, ~ and is sent out by the Iowa AS
WIZ for the Prevention OF Tuber
s s,,osis She said that since Iowa mas
ea law requiring that vital statistics
~ ho kept, the difficulty OF galnins
Iefinite figures is much greater tnan
~ n,ates in the registration area IN
+be II. S. BY hard research figures nave I.
LIZ .ns - compiled in this state and It is
Estimated that $1,000 people ole an
es,a11v in Iowa from tuberculosis.
Thase figures are based largely upon
80 records kept by undertakers'
ln Tho Alan which Is to be followed is
.,at che will gain all the informa.
ton nossible as to the numper =.
e &c. the number in the 1nc1pleht
ond in advanced stages, figures snow
ing the spread of the disease ,ne
nondition OF children and the IKE
and make a report OF all OF her linu,
mos before the Lee county board ol
sunaryisors and representatives irpli'
Kaokuk FIT. Madison, Donnelison'
West Point and as many other COM
,nunitiess as can be interested. Inc
object of the survey is to find whe1h-
or or not Lee county needs some PUG
lic provisions for the care OF tnose
having tuberculosis.
There are most inadequate proVls-
ION in Iowa for the care OF the tuoeI.
culosis. The Oakdale sanitarlum Is
oyercrowded and long waiting ilst'
many of whom die from the disease
while waiting for admission. Scolt
county has a hospital at Davenport
Ottumwa and Dies Moines eacn nav
small hospitals, and there is PRIV
ate sanitaruim at FIT. Dodge. Inc
combined capacity of all these ~
about three hundred. Miss Cron tod
the board of how a public d1spensary
could be established and the goou
results which follow from station
where tests can be made determining
whether or not patient really LAS
tuberculosis.
Miss Henke, who has been COINS
some special work for the V. N. a,
in an effort to render better ths
housing conditions, reported the con-
dition of houses and the Improvement
which had been made in some loca-
lions, following the investigating
work done a year ago. She reported
open drains in two localities ana told
OF the diseases, typhoid fever par
ticularly, which were directly trace
able to those open drains.
Miss Cron and Miss Henke ooth
spoke of children playing at the
mouth of the main sewer, winch
flows into the river near Cabin Boat
row. The association is seeking ID
move Cabin Boat row, because, they
say, it is a menace to public heal1h
and In some sections, to public NOR.
ais. Some Of the cabin boats are tiea
about fifteen feet from the mouth OF
the sewer.
Thanks for Cooperation.
BY a unanimous vote, the thanks
Of the association were extended 10
the managers of the Hippodrome, to
the physicians and dentists OF the
city, to the board of education and
ward principals, to the Y. w. G. A.
and to those who loaned their auto
mobiles for use in the parade, 10
The Gate City for publicity, to the
merchants who decorated WINDOWS
and who otherwise co-operated in
making baby week a success. and 10
q otL hnfr
weeks observance.
1t was announced that Miss Brown
head of the infant welfare depart
ment OF the V. N. A., has been &C,
cepted as member OF the national
organization OF public health. rms
Is coveted privilege of all public
health nurses, and the association Is
very pleased that Miss Brown mas
been admitted.
Report for Month.
She made the nurses report for the
month as follows:
Nursing service IN the district:
Number Of nursing visits ...... 81
Instructive visits ............... Az
Friendly visits 70
Extra visits D
otol NlSlIS ~
metropolitan visits .............. 81
infant welfare visits ............ 1l2
The field secretary of the Metro
polltan Co., Miss Johnson, was IN
heokuk few days ago. and very
highly commended the work OF the
visiting nurses. On possible per
,cehtage basis of 100, the work done
mere received SO per cent, which was
'ne highest received in this district.
Miss Younker presided at the meet
1ns this morning; Miss Mary Irwin
served as secretary, and Miss Buck
made the treasurers' report.