Connecticut western news., 1919-06-19

Association was held in the town hall,
Friday afternoon, June IS. The re-
port given by Miss Price, the nurse,
is given here and is worthy of the
attention Of everyone in. the town.
Aug. 7, 1918 to May 81, 1919.
Number new cases. ........ .163
Number re-opened cases. ..... =. SO
Reported by families. -. 80. .125
Reported by physicians. IA
Total number calls during 10
months .............. .2109
Number Metropolitan cases
/, during 10 months ......... IL
| Number paying patients. .168
Number free patients. :. 81
Nurse present at delivery 20
Post partem care only. ...... e
Night calls after p. M. ....... .27
All night calls. ........... 10
Total nursing visits. 1888
Total instructive visits. ..... TAB
Total other visits. .I........ 378
tuberculosis visits 6
School visits to homes. .287
Visits to school buildings. -. .134
Infant welfare visits. =. ...... .276
Prenatal visits .37
Sanitary inspections .........11
Office treatments -. ..........3
Talks given at schools. 49,. 10
Fees collected $275.2O
Cost of transportation -. SHOOTS
DR.. F. H. Lee who presided at the
meeting introduced Miss Anna EN'-
ing of New York city, Director of
Public Health Work under the
American Red Cross.
Miss Ewing made suggestions which
she thought this community would
find helpful. She outlined the pur-
pose and plan of the Public Health
Work telling that the recent draft
showed that the rural communities
had the greatest percentage of ply
steal defects owing to the neglect of
health education.
This was true all over the country;
to counter-act this, the American Red
Cross were sending their best nurses,
of whom Miss Price is fine type,
into the rural communities. The
American Red Cross have established
scholarships all over the country in
leading colleges for the special train
ing Of it's Public Service Nurses.
DR.. j. G.. Adam, who served on the
Local Exemption Board, and who
spent more than a year at Camp
Greenleaf, Ga. and whose knowledge
of the needs of the men is certainly
first hand, backed up very convinc-
ingly Miss Ewing's statement that one
of the greatest needs of the country
lis public health education. DIR.
Adam was enthusiastic over the pro-
'gress which the work has made and
the added interest in this commun-
lily, which he had observed after his
years absence.
Mr.. Undertake, director of
the Association whose interest in the
work has been always active and
helpful, said that the hearty support
which the people of this town are CIV
ing to the good work of the nurse
should be and would be an inspira-
ton to all other interests which are
working for the towns improvement.
Mr.. Timberlake moved a vote of
appreciation to Mrs. F. F. Clemans,
in whose home the officers of the
Association have held their meetings
during the past five years.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
PRESIDENT. H. Roraback.
ice-President-Dr. F. II. Lee.
Secretary-Miss Catherine Finne-
gan.
Treasurer-William J. Reel.
Executive Committee-Mrs. F. F.
Clemans, Mrs. H. E. Lyles, Miss
Catherine Roraback, DIR. G. w. Camp
DR.. J. G. Adam, DIR. J. E. Hassett,
Rev. Mr.. Griffin, Rev. Mr.. Neal, Rev.
Mr.. Fletcher.
eARodraiDE. .ingAte8. ceptedattid,i ia
The Finance Committee-W. S.
Smart, J. H. Roraback, HI. E. Lyles,
whose efforts were so successful the
past year were unanimously re-
elected.
The treasurer w. J. Reel re-
ported receipts for the year ending
June /, $1532.81. Expenditures
.$1360.40. On hand JuHe 1, 1919
.$172.41.