Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14
VISITING NURSES MAKE.
THEIR ANNUAL APPEAL
work for Relief OF Humanity Is Well
and FayOrnbly Known in
Richmond.
FUNDS ARE GREATLY NEEDED
some Instances Given OF Special Re.
lief Work Carried On by Trained
Visitors, Who Meet the Needs of
Those in Sickness or Distress.


reeds no proof OF the fact that OF all
the various and sundry organizations
or the cit: OF .:ichmond. there Is none
which. judged by what IL has accom-
plished for humanity stands alongside
the Instructive Visiting Nurses AS
ISOLATION. No ono questions the In
structive Visiting Nurses Association.
IS an organization II stands for eff
cheney. for charity. for the wider vision
of trained women who go out into the
city and give to the sick, the poor and
nced?. to those who have money
with which to employ nurse or
physician. efficient care and skilled
nursing. regardless of color or creed.
Heavier demands than usual are be-
ing made on this splendid orsaniza-
ton of graduate nurses on account Of
the war. The war has taken the bread
inner from many homes, and II those
- are left get sick, and there is
one to care for them. the nurses Of the
Instructive Visiting Nurses Association
VIII see TO 1t that they are properly
cared for and are not neglected
FUNDS ARE NEEDED
FOR CARRYING on WORK
Already the association has been
obliged to give up some OF the staff Of
nurses because funds were running
low There are fourteen nurses now
on the staff OF the Instructive Visiting
Nurses Association. For the work
ahead of them this winter. the visit
Ing nurses must have money. II is
lad tn, TO-
way by trained workers who are
familiar with the problems which they
face daily in their rounds. Last year
the nurses paid 3s,7ss visits to 4,27l
patients. The expenses amounted TO
$1,000 for the year. OF this amount
$1,000 was given by the city. S3,9S3
ry two business concerns and the rest
by the people OF Richmond.
Eot the least OF the activities which
engage the attention OF the visiting
nurses is the clinic for crippled chill
drcu which they maintain at PA East
Franklin stree; In the basement OF
Dr. W. l. Graham's office. DIR. era
ham is the we'll known orihopcdic
surgeon Of Richmond. and he gives the
ccrviccs OF himself. his assistant and
his own Office STAFF Of nurses to the
Instructive Visiting Nurses Association
i'm their work among the crippled chill
drcn of the city.
while the treatment is free. the chill
drer need braces. crutchcs. plaster
casts and oth.r appliances which cost
money. and the parents of many oil
them are too poor TO purchase these
anpliarce* For these children the In
struc,ivc Visiting Nurses Association
must stand the expense. There are
,bir,v-two little crippled children now
under treatment at the free clinic.
INTERESTING FIGURES
IN ANNUAL REPORT
:, &c rcnort the association says:
.Sfat.rrity nursing takes up great
NORTON Of the early morning hours.
10 have given 252 babies nice warm
nathe nas meant many happy hours
for. tn, nurses. IL may be interesting
10 kno. that they cared for this same
,nn,he, OF babies in the summer OF
1916 Our chronic cases must never
L.. neglected. When the districts mr.
busy they have to be patient and wait
until the afternoon to have the leg
ulcer dressed or the joints rubbed.
1hc old woman who Sreets the visit
ing nurse with Il smile every time she
goes. and she has been l05 times. is
ON. Of ton now on our list who have
had visits ranging from 100 TO 300.
CALLS FOR wiIEEI. CHAIRS
FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN
calls for wheel chairs this summer
have been in excess II our supply.
we never want 10 say no when a call
comes for a shutin to have chair
10 lie taken out in the sunshine. or
li;le johnny or Mary. who arc in
master casts, and could be rolled 10
tho park for n breath of fresh air.
Through the generosity Of the Zee
Mission we were able TO give 30.:S4
pounds OF ice to our patients during
the summer. Our good friends of tho
salvation Army offered TO take FAM,
lies to their camp in Chesterfield coun-
~. They were also liberal in supply
ing milk TO the very sick, especially
the babies.
Crippled children's clinic was KEEP.
open all summer, but we thought IL
advisable. beginning in August. to hold
IL once week on account of the in
tense heat and the heavy tax on the
nurses. Miss Lou Bell Jones has been
= welcome visitor. She made the lit
tie tots forget their troubles by telling
her fascinating stories. Miss Buckner
and skill by coming regularly to assist
i'm giving the treatments.
CDR. Graham is arranging to merge
This clinic with the clinic at the dis
pensary rs soon as the college can put
in the necessary paraphcrnalia. AS
vet we are in the dark as to how much
cooperation. II any, will be asked of
the visiting nurses Eighty-one chill
drcn have been registered; of this
number eight have been sent to hos
pitfalls for operations, eight have been
given braces. and seventeen have been
put in plaster casts and Jackets Dr.
Graham. DIR. Mauck and Miss Burrcll
have been so patient and kind 10
the chldren--the little ones who
screamed from fright on the first visit
now beam with laughter when they
are on the table for treatment"