Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-20


of the Harrisburg Hospital. furnish !
ing them at cost. |
During the year the Sunshine So |
ciety gave willing support for orth- |
opaedie treatment and apparatus for
eighty-two crippled patients. In
many cases their board was paid
while they were being treated In
the hospitals of Philadelphia.
After war-reconstruction help
build broken world. all human en-
all social forces must be used to The
fullest possible extent.
The Sunshine Society crlpples'
handicap is often an incurable dis
ease or defect, such as heart-trcuhle,
epilepsy. or paralysis. making the
patients more difficult to care for and
adjust occupationally.
But they. as we'll as the army tf
industrial cripples. owe an immeas-
urable debt to the soldiers and sail
ors, for bringing about a better at
titude of mind on the part OF the
community toward the handicapped.
In the living arrangements of the
| society. itself. We found this year.
that the war prices and the shortage
| of labor have necessitatei a read
justment. making 1t necessary. the
ILsl OI NONtInDGIn W islNG up
home as a clearinghouse. and con-
tinue our work in offices In the AR
cade building on trial.
Pure Milk
The annual report of the Pure
Milk Society made by Mrs. Rachael
B. Kunkel Fox, secretary. follows:
Our babies welfare work proves
that 1t is found economy to reduce
the sickness and death rate among
babies. and to improve tho coming
generation by measures which viii
keep the baby and mother well. We
pledge to be baby's friend.
"Dr. Taylor and DR.. Marshall, with
their many other pressing war duties.
gave their services to the milk sta
tions, weighed and examined the
| babies. and gave consultation and
advice during the summer
when II was impossible to obtain
a room for st. Paurs station In the
district in which 1t was needed, Mr..
Henry Mccormick came to our rescue
! and kindly loaned US the property
at 1917 North Eleventh street. This
filled our urgent need.
owing to the government de-
mands and the increased war work
for nurses, the calls upon the milk
station necessitated many changes
in the nursing stan. We were able
TO carry on the work by the valuable
volunteer services of the Red Cross
first-aid nurses. Two teachers of Dr.
Taylor's first-aid class did clerical
duty at the milk stations. gaVs vol
unteer services in the homes, ana
gave the milk station nurses all the
assistance in their power Where
the parents were. persuaded TO meet
the REQUIREMENTS Of the law and make
the home livable for the baby. The
nurses have carried the gospel of
proper feeding, fresh air. and clean
illness. II the babies are to be per-
manently saved. this gospel must be
preached twelve months of The year.
Then when the not summer months
come the babies will have the ac-
ouired resistance, ana the mothers
will know how to care for them.
Therefore 1 make an earnest plea 10
our kind friends to help us obtain
this Child Welfare Nurse for the en-
tire year.
Just to show how very much the
milk stations are appreciated one
mother brought her baby regularly
to the station from Elighspire' ana
another woman. 4 soldiers wite'
brought her baby, which was des-
perately i'll, all the way from Dun
cannon. until the baby was Lrtught
back to normal health.
During July. 4G2 quarts. pint
of milk were furnished; August l'oo4
quarts. / pint; September, S46 quarts
/ pint, making total of 1873 quarts
of milk which we furnished to the
mothers at one-nalf price.
THE report shows that the hearty
co-operation and the services II the
mothers were the means OF saving
many babies lives. This Is PROOF
that the milk station Is one 1f the
hest means of spreading the knowl-
edge of education among mothers
+, "The perplexed mother could h:ing
her baby and be helped by sympa-
thetic. medical advice, free. me
babies showed a marked improve
ment with the medical advice and
supervision during the hot weather.
"All classes. rich and poor aliKe'
are benefited and helped by the So
ciety. In lowering the rate OF m
tant mortality in the city. the society
and doctors are to be congratulated
ON their accomplishment Of the sum
mer's work"