Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-01

nurse. Wnlcn she mas Iiuu6H sEdCcAuA-
" and successfully around the course
until she has Come into the home
stretch with flying colors and with vic
tory placed on her banner.
Believing that three visits to a
mother with sick baby were worth
more than that number. or many times
that number. TO chronic case, the
public health nurse, has turned her at
tention especially in the direction of
child welfare, of which the Baby Clinic
has been the outgrowth. Babies have
been weighed and measured and given
the attention of a specialist in this
line. DIR. Frances Edith Weitzman, who
took a special course in child welfare
study at New York hospital Moth
ers have been visited and instructed
in the care of sick infants and the
preparation of proper food, and after
three visits mothers were able to bring
their babies to the weekly clinic.
Nurses Work Expands
Besides the baby clinic. which has
brought new life to many of the babies,
there have been bi-weekly inspections
at the schools. which have shown such
successful results that the public
health nurse has been asked by the
county board of education and the
superintendent of schools to continue
this work in all the county schools.
This means an assistant will be neces-
sary and Miss Simmons, trained
nurse, will enter upon this duty, co.
operating with Miss Sutherland about
February /, and the inspection will
embrace every school child in the
county.
As district nurse. Miss Sutherland's
work has lessened. This is probably
due to the fact that people are be-
coming better educated along health
and sanitary lines. There seems less
depression in homes than formerly, and
little, if any need for charity. Chill
dren have clean faces and hands,
where once there was CRIME and dirt.
Homes are more comfortable, and.
with but few exceptions, the work of
the district nurse is lightened, be-
cause it was well done at the offset.
WOman's Section, Defense Council
tivities for the year 1918 stands the
Woman's Section of the Council of
Defense, which in every branch of
war activity has been energetic I'm
der the craftsmanship of Mrs. Theo-
dore w. Johnson. the women have or
ganized in various lines of work
throughout the county. Not village
or hamlet has been overlooked in the
campaign conducted by the Woman's
Section of the Council of Defense.
Women, who never before made
speeches in public. have addressed
large gatherings and stated clearly
and consisely the issues of the war,
and needs for conservation of food.
Household thrift and economy has
been taught to women who previously
did not know their meaning, with a
result that has been phenomenal
From the Council of Defense has
sprung variety of woman's activities
including the Gardens committee,
which has fostered home gardening
and cultivation of needed vegetables
to supply the home table. Lectures
were given from time to time by spe-
cialists in this line
Then, too, the Womans Section of
the Council of Defense gave birth to
that splendid committee of educational
propaganda, Miss Katharine Walton,
chairman that brought the best there
was to give and to impart to the
pupils of the public and private
schools, teaching patriotism, thrift,
economy, food conservation and other
useful things that this world war has
brought humanity face to face with in
the last twelve months.
The Girls Patriotic league was
mothered by the women of the Coun-
Gil of Defense, and the far-reaching
results of this organization for good
are unreasonable.
All Honor To Red Cross.
But what have women of the Red
Cross unit accomplished in the year
just closed? The answer would fill
volumes. In no department of the
work has Annapolis been lacking. Her
women have gone over the top in every
branch of this varied activity that has
stood for the relief of suffering hui
manity. 1t has been said of the An
napolis Surgical Dressings society
that its work was the neatest and best
received at headquarters in New York
or Washington. For accuracy of de-
tail in making every article ordered,
for neatness, the Annapolis Surgical
Dressings committee carried off the
palm. Their work did not require in
spection. When packages came
labeled Annapolis" the word was
passed along the line at headquarters,
perfect, no need to inspect" This
work was largely carried on by naval
women, and to their credit, it may be
said it was duty well performed.
With Mrs. John Taggard Blodgett the
Surgical Dressings had it's inception.
and to her skill the success of the un-
dertaking was largely due. Then her
successor, Miss Margaret Walton. car
ried it on to successful issue, and
later Mrs. A NJ. d. Mccormick was its