The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-15
Sugg and Miss Hotchkiss, worked

cuSS ana MISS 1OtCAKNS, WOTheu
steadily ard late and were assisted
much OF the time by two school tea
cheers who appeared much interested.
think the I. " N. A.. has taken a
place in the comm unity which will
never be forgotten and ! believe there
are few things we can ask of It which
will not he gladly given. Had there
been the full quota OF private nurses
availa BILE they would have been a
mere drop IN the bucket to meet the
demands Only visiting nurses could
have met the situation. as a whole and
while, OF course, we were crippled
and handicapped there is a satisfac-
ton in knowing TIL atevery case re-
hours. even those outside the city lin
its of which there were several. and
while mighty little nursing care was
given when things were at their
worst instruction was given to the
family, first aid treatment administer
ed and the Hest cared for until they
could be gotten to the hospital The
reasonableness of the people was mar
velous and the way they accepted the
fact that there were times when neil
Their doctor nor nurse was available
was wonderful. Some of the messages
were funny. One man called up from
the Richmond hotel II have taken
oil. drunk water and am close in bed.
Is there anything else you can sug
gest?" They early stopped giving a
name to the trouble but would call,
please go to such and such an ad-
dress. They all have it,"
whole families would be down at
once with no one to wait on the other,
in few instances there would be n
corpse in the bew With two or three
nya i11n fp q.
woman who was evidently dying. beg
ging me 70 save her. that she had
three babies to live for, they and the
husband were all there in two rooms
with beds SO arranged so they could
watch each other. 1t had Just time
to move the baby out and close the
door between the others when she
passed on. So many babies were born
prematurelv and the mothers died.
Really rs one looks back over ones
soul seems scared with the distress
OF II all and no one who was not in
that Office can conceive OF thu nerve
strain. which far exceeded the ply
steal. hard as it was.
I'VE are deeply indebted TO the
- -holic Woman's Relief association
- tho eAehrcw Benevolent assoeia-
ten and many othars for the elathing.
bed lnen and many other things
which they gave us for our patients.
Besides the replies to the annual
letters, many contributions were sent
to me to he used specifically in the
/ fight and il was used to pay s,ich help
as had that could not volunteer and
to get milk tickets. | would again like
to say that never was seen a greater
spirit OF cooperation and never could
our work have become so widely I'M
derstood One of the good Samari-
tans" who took the nurses out hap
pened to he a lawyer and told her that
the previous week a man who had
been mucn impressed with the work
Of the nurses had him draw up his
will and leave several thousand to the
association.
+ II would like to suggest that letters
go officially from the board thanking
the Sisters from st. Josephs for their
valuable help on the district. also Mrs
] Frasia Jones and Mrs, Mcconnell
The two married nurses who left their
homes and worked every day for days
and Mrs. Edwin Harvie who though
only volunteer gave days and rem
dered great assistance. There were
others too but these especially made
big sacrinces.
. "Our statistical report shows the
largest amount Of work ever done by
the association in one month and the
number of Metropolitan visits repre-
SCENTS an apprecable increase to the
treasury. OF the 2,a75 number visited
2.3lS were. discharged cured and ir
various stages of Improvement. 2,54s
influenza patients were visited anc
1885 visits were made"
Respectfully submitted,
THE SUPERINTENDENT