New Britain herald., 1917-01-18

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 < , Traesurer's Report. @
 The .treasurer's report from March 16, 1916 to Jan. 191H is as follows
 Receipts 3s Balance on hand March 1s, ss t
 1918 .....s {x6,SM From individuals ..;. .... 1,07S.45 From organizations .s 5lS.7f From sale IF milk at milk
 station ...'' ..' ,- 4i4.t FrqA formulas and treat Z
 f nfents ,..:. zS.iisN From Mayor Quigley for ice. 4z!Ea From Miss Johnson for stoye Sese4S From Miss Johnson for coal. 3.bGR ''--- -7.-- 7-- a
 s2,oss;7s.
 Disbursements & XN NAne Hill Farm Co.,, for milk 45o.3 s Mss Odell for six months 4S00QNs Miss Oden travefing expenses 2.sM Miss Kiniry for two months. 13s.o0s D. McMillan ...-.......... wor4sss9g e. Fox & Co. ...... 17.57 E N. B. Ice corporation ..... lO.7t 4s Dickinson Drug Co. ......s. 37.s yY Southern N. E. Tel. Co. 2S.5i~ N. B. Gas Light Co ...... 3.6aNt United Electric Light and
 Water Co. S.la ef !: N. B. Lumber & Coal Co. sas E
 
 Herald Publishing Co. s7.p0 @ filling Rubber Co. ..,...... 9S.0e X Mrs. Thomas Bennett for K
 stove X lVsVV x B. c. Porter Sons ......... 9.8a George Rapelye .......... 6.1e B F. H. Corbin & Son ....... f26 Fox's theater, Better Babies E
 films bRd @ c. E. Flood for milk for T
 
 Miss Odell for incidentals -. 10.0G Ms Woman for cleaning ....... 1.eG X Mrs. Ira E. Hicks for express E
 and extra woman ....... 3.75s z Postage 1000 E Postals for finance com. .... 400 K: J. l.. Doyle for printing by N xs
 laws 7.@ Es J. L. Doyle printing postals, k
 circulars and cards ...... 9t5 #
 s1,27o.p E Deposit in Savings Bank of N F New Britain, Sept. IA ... 60O.0 !
 s1,s7o.Sf Balance on hand Jan. 1917 s 216.549 Respectfully submitted, MARY s. WHITTLESEY, i Treasuret -.. Nurses Report. 4 While infant welfare work is, sui posed to be mainly preventive the& is small chance for this during tie summer months when practically all 1 the babies brought to our notice are x ! desperately i'll and every energy must 1 be turned toward nursing them back I to- health. The history of every cSse H 1 is recorded at once and the doctof's directions explained to the mOthhr. 1 should she be a foreigner we use 4e l sign language or a small child acts 44 l interpreter. Tf the interest the chil-fy dren evinced 'ln. the method of modK 1 flying milk and instructions given f4,} 1 the care of the baby is any indication surely the babies of the future will re- rg l ceiye scientific treatment. All | It is advisable to weigh the bahS .l every week, then if the food does nQ 6t agree the loss in weight is Immediately 1 ly noted and the doctor can advise tho necessary changes in dietary. Twenty1 six mothers have had their babie4 l weighed very regularly since the sta/ 1 ton opened. ES 1 Very often people wait too long be. | fore summoning medical aid for theits ! babies and then grow impatient when@s 1 the child does not recover in a few&f days. It is indeed pity that the daM l of the family physician is going by fotf | in many cases the doctor sees the. ' i baby once or twice, prescribes and has N2 1 no opportunity to note the effect of N1 l the treatment The best results gro a3 obtained where the parents consult 9. 1 competent physician and faithfully l i follow directions keeping him in- \ i formed as to condition in the meara- while. Case Disposed Of. I'hirty-three mothers consultete doctors about their sick babies at ouf U suggestion.
 Five cases of whooping cough wen < referred to tine doctors. During the summer eight mothcft K visiting here from New York put theft babies under the care of the infane welfare nurses and two were refecre.ts to us from New Haven. From June to September. 401 calls Sg were made in the homes by the two nurses from the station. Various treatments were given both in the s homes and at the station. By encour- aging the mothers to bring the babies to the station, they got the fresh air 1 so vital to both.
 Complicated food formulas VI were prepared at the station for twenty a eight babies and seventy motherl were taught the simple milk modifcaE tions.
 In September the school nurse re- sumed her regular work and the stn- ton was moved to the Boys club. *a Formulas were prepared every morn E ing for sixteen babies until late in November when the remodeling of the z station rendered it impossible. E
 From September to January 17. 29s calls have been made eghty-three of these to give treatments making the K