Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-04
RED CROSS REPORT
SHOWS GREAT WORK
During Month of July 412,566
Civilian Cases Received
Attention.
NUMBER HOSPITALS OPENED
Sixty-One Dispensaries Estab-
lished, Caring for 45,028
Children.
NUMBER HOSPITALS OPENED

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American Red Cross. through the varied
activities o: it's civil affairs depart
ment in France. last month reached
1856 civilians. according to cabled
report just received from Harvey D..
Gibson American Red Cross commits
sioner to France. Seventeen delegates
gave special relief in eleven depart
ments of France in the war zone. and
ninety-two delegates and associates
rendered service to refugees in seventy
departments throughout the country.
The work on the medical side has
been specially prominent in June.
Seventeen civilian hospitals. includ-
ing a new hospital for mutilated SOL
dicrs. were opened during the month
with a total capacity OF 1895 beds.
Sixty-one dispensaries were estab-
lished, where i5.02s children. tuber-
cular or refugee. were cared for. Medi-
cal direction was also supplied three
institutions where 1900 children have
been assembled from the war zone. and
i.2S7 articles Of hospital equipment and
supply were distributed
Special attention is being given TO
the children o: France, particularly
with 4 view TO decreasing infant NOR
tally. As part OF this work, cam
pagn FOR the education Of mothers in
the care OF infants has been inaugu-
rated, and many child welfare exhibits
have been held. A baby-savins eX-
hibit at Mavseilles last month was at
tended BY 22,23l. Red Cross medical
authorities also deemed It advisable to
supply additional nourshment to the
school children of Paris, and last
month $4,000 school children received
supplementary food from the Ameri-
can Red Cross at school lunches.
The emergency refugee relief COM
mittee aided $1,000 refugees passing
through Paris from May 81 to June 80.
To these and other refugees. as we'll
as the needy OF France. were dis
tributed goods as follows: 2s6.7lo gar
ments. 56.647 pairs OF shoes, 1922 ar
ticles OF furniture, SCOTS articles of
bedding and household linen $3.50
yards of cloth and 6ss,672 pounds OF
food.
HOW AMERICAN SOCIETY
SPENT A HUGE SUM
Where established French relief So
cieties were found TO be doing an eff
fective work, the American Red Cross
has sought TO work through these So
cieties. increasing their efficiency and
scope with fnancia! aid. Last month
this financial assistance amounted to
e2l,5S5 francs. Antituberculosis socie-
ties received 435,+77 francs; organiza-
ticns caring for refugees were granted
345.353 francs; for relief work in the
war zone. $4,000 francs; f0,505 francs
TO assist established organizations in
the care OF children. and 32,2o0 francs
for the help OF mu;iles. Two electrical
workshops and a recreation were also
completed BY the Red Cross for the
French School for the Re- Education of
War Cripples
OF the total of 4l2.566 civilians thus
reached during the month Of June.
1908 came under the Red Cross chill
drens bureau; 1919 were helped by
the tuberculosis bureau: 1o,l6S mutiles
were aided; 3S,G3S BY the war zone
bureau; 226.63S were refugees or the
children of refugees-a total increase
OF $3.50 civilians aided over the
highest number reached in any previous