South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-13

The VISITING Nurses association
held IFS annual meeting az the home
Of Mrs Dudley 81 Shively 319 =.
Lafayette 81. Tuesday afternoon
and one 20 the most interesting re-
ports OF that organization was given.
The meeting Was devoted chiefly 20
reports ana discussion Of the work
that has been done during the past
year.
% particular interest was the re-
port OF the work that was accom-
plished during January. Because
of the war and the changes which
10 necessarily involves I'm the home
in the cOmmunitg the report was
one Of changes as well as one Of
progress tl the work Of the assOci8-
ton. Within the past year three
tice-p presidents were appointed the
first being Miss Mary May White.
who resigned beCaI OF iil health
the second was Mrs George NJ
StudebakeT. ir. resiguing because of
her residence in New York for the
duration OF the war. and the third.
Mrs Howard Woolverton. The vice.
president T. chairman Of the nurses
committee. which consists OF hte
members who meet regularly 10 dis
cuss the many problems OF the
nurses work and 20 supervise their
work. During 1917 two Of the Wis
ting nurses have gone 90 the war
service. Miss Berger and Miss Cut
ter. This leaves three women on
the staff Hiss Palmer. Miss O'Brian
and Miss Klein Since Miss Cutters
resignation In November. Miss
Palmer has been supervising tine
work. Considering the hardshiDs
the nurses encountered during the
past few weeks due TO the very Sc
we're weather. the total number Of
calls made in January. 42s. is most
gratifying.
Busy Last september
LoOkins back over the records Il
was found that els calls were made
ia September. this being the busiest
month in the history OF the associa-
zion. During that month South
Bend was in the grip OF a typhoid
epidemic and the association imme-
diately offered their services to the
city and for several weeks the staff
was increased 10 six nurses Bed
side care was given 10 the manv
typhoid patients. NEGOTIATIONS were
given in both the parochial ana
public schools. and complete sur
vey was made Of the health depart
ment OF the city. The business re
lations Of the Visiting Nurses as
ISOLATION with the Metropolitan Life
Insurance company has brought
them into many homes and their
cooperation and connection with the
work of the Tuberculosis scot
ety and other organizations has
brought them into close touch with
the people OF the city and has
hroadened the work The work of
the year has also included weekly
calls at the Orphans home. During
the months of February March.
April AMI May school nursing was
done by the association but after
that the schools had their own
nurses
During the year Their were 1871
visiting nurse calls made. ISIS
Metropolitan Life Insurance com
pauy calls, 219 Auu-TubercuIosis
calls. 262 board OF health calls. and
lIlh as liOtl%- l'AltiE the
months of September and October
there We're 5.1S9 special calls made;
and 4.65S NEGOTIATIONS I'm the schools
and i'm the cts hall for the proven
ton Of typhoid were made OF the
calls that were made during the
wear there were bat A. deaths. and
there were IS patients who were
sent Co the hospitals and i'm Il cases
a doctor was sent into the home for
further care Many garments for
patients and baby cases were pro
vided 10y the association during the
year.
During the four months that the
association was i'm charge OF the
public school work there were 67}
dressings made. I103 throat in
speCtions, 81 head inspections for
pcdiculosis. 23S treatments for
teeth Gf1 teeth extractious. I'VE
riEgworm cases. seven cases of inn
petigo; 206 exclusions. u children
taken 20 the doctor and dentist and
Is special treatments
There we're 229 visits 90 homes
Tor pupils Of the Kaley school: 1S4
fer the Lafayette school; 254 for
lie Perley school and two for the