The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-31
keokuk and Lee County People viii
be Contributing for This Work
Through County Next
Week.
EVERY DOLLAR TO HELP
Plans Made Last June Being Carried
Out and Two Nurses are Beng
Specially Trained for
Work.

Besides the home service work OF
the Red Cross the peace time program
of the organization includes good
health program. Part of the money
secured in the third roll call will be
devoted to this work One who is
familiar with the good health pro-
gram explains what Keokuk chapter
is undertaking along this line, so that
people who give their dollars next
week during the roll call may know
something of the work to which they
are contributing.
The Red Cross chapter Of Keokuk
which includes the southern half of
Lee county made plans in June to
cooperate with the National Red Cross
in their outlined good health program
Committees were appointed and all
work begun at once. Two nurses are
being specially trained and will be
ready for duty before the first of the
year Through these nurses the chap
/. ter viii do general bedside nursing,
school nursing, infant welfare, mater
nifty ard tubercular work throughout
1.-THE chapter.
Since September /, classes nave
been conducted in home hygiene and
care of the sick, by a specially trained
nurse, who gives all Of her time, these
classes are held throughout the coun-
| ty By the education of those who
have taken advantage of this course
! they will be able to take care Of any
minor illness they may have in their
home and such an Epidemic as in
| fluenza can be prevented.
! The Red Cross now are urging the
chapter here to organize classes in
home dietetics They say diet in
health means less illness, diet in sick
ness means quick recovery-so many
children are undernourished, this
course teaches why and how to rem
tedy it.
This is the Red Cross peace plans
| for health education. The chapter OF
Keokuk wants to cooperate and this
means a better and healthier city,
county and state. This program can
not be carried out without every one
cooperating.
Nurses In Charge.
The Red Cross has given scholar
ships to nurses who engaged In pub
lie health work: Miss Margaret Henke
of Keokuk, who spent year in France
and did such splendid work as anaes-
thetizer for DR.. Grey, has been in
Chicago since the first of August
student at the school of civics-to pre-
pare herself for supervisor of nurses
for the southern half of Lee county.
And as unreservedly as she gave her
self to the work in France is she CIV
ing herself now to her preparation for
the work that she expects to take up
on her return to Lee county She has
worked one month in infant welfare
nursing, one month in the municipal
tuberculosis sanitarium, and is to have
one month with the surpervisin.
nurses of Chicago. She will be ready
for work the first of December-the
Red Cross has made all this possible.
3 Miss Margaret Sollars Of Donnell-
son, who is to be the county school
nurse, was also promised a scholarship
by central division, but by the time
she was ready to take her course the |
scholarship fund was exhausted and
Miss Sollars is taking her training ."
tireIy at her own expense. Miss Sol.
lars entered Ann Arbor, Michigan, the I
23rd of September for the public !.
health course and Is to have her prac- !
tical training in Detroit. She is also /
much enthused with her work, ana /
should be ready the first of February |
to take up her work as county scnool
nurse.
Keokuk has employed public health
nurses for seven years. with most graf
flying results, and it is with great OPP
timism that the committee for nurs.
ing activities of the Red Cross is look
ing forward to the results Of the work
being extended into the county, and !
which Is only made possible Dv the
Red Cross Give your dollar freely TO
protect the health of your community. u