The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-14
MISS DENNY NOW
 IN PUBLIC HEALTH
 WORK IN BOSTON
Well Known Birmingham Nurse Writes of Plans for Fighting Diseases
 in Nation

Miss Lima H. Denny R. N., former Iy of this city and now Alabama rep resentative of state representatives os the National Organization of Public Health Nursing writes interestingly from Boston where she is now residing, out lining the policy and plans Of the work with which she is connected.
 Miss Denny has a wide circle of friends in this community who will be very much interested in her work and also to learn that she has temporarily given up gov ernment work and is now devoting her self to special work in public health nurs- ing.
 Miss Denny outlines the work as fol- lows:
 The proclamation of February 25 as Health Sunday by the United States public health service, gave notice that an extended and intensive health cam paign is to be waged throughout the country.
 Draft figures. with their 90 per cent of unfit, showed the necessity for de- termined effort to raise the health. stan dard of the country.
 "The results obtained in the army, navy. and the cantonment zones, through
  the army, navy and the public health service proved that the health of our citizens can be improved and communi' cable disease controlled.
 "One triumph of the public health serv- ice in and around the camps was the lowering of the rate of venereal dis ease, one of the greatest menaces to our national vitality. In it's appeal for the continuation of this active campaign hat 10 limited States public health service, through state Iaent by Surgeon General Blue. place 5 particular emphasis on the work of the public health nurse and the importance of increasing her numbers throughout the nation.
 "The statement of the surgeon general l is:
 .'For the first time in its history the United States public health serVlce' during the recent war, organized diVl- sion of public health nursing The work which these nurses performed was Of ln- esti,nable value. 1t is not too much 10 say that without their aid our success | in keeping down sickness in the exLa- l Icantonment zones and in making the i venereal disease rate in our army lowee | than that of any other army in mooern l times could not have been achAeVeu Tn continuing our general campaign | venereal disease, we depend upon .ns continued assistance of public heaitf' nurses. zo.
 Behind these public health nurses we hone 10 have the sympathetic unoer- standing and support of all the Woihe,, of the country. We believe that we VII | have this when it is realized fuily wha' the nurse accomplishes for her coihiiiun 1 ity. h. l nation not only for understanding ana 1 support but we depend upon them to eh l courage young women to take up tHe l profession of the public health nurse ano insist that hospitals provide training io'
 nurses in public health service, lhciuuiH' t work in Venereal diseases.
 [ roIn. backing the public health nurse
 the women of the nation Will pc paCH
 ing one of the most vital agents or the
 struggle against the diseases which
 threaten the health and prosperity or all | of ms and the very life of our chlloreh' which Is the life of our nation. l Miss Denny, as state representative o' | the National Organization TOT ruoi,' | Health Nursing announces the ueterhii'
 nation of that organization 10 CO., -ope, .. ~ in all possible ways with the ohiteo states public health sefvice anu 'o pn
 forth every effort to increase the mum her of public health nurses.
 An effort is about to be made m co-op
 ovation with the National Leasue | Nursing Education to bring aoout 1 ,oodification of curricula In hospi'a
 ..o;,,ino schools to include preparation
 Cor nuhtic health nursing. The organl
 cation is also advocating many nor
 nosteraduate courses and is securing ,n provision of a scholarship fund to enao
 raduate nurses to take these courses
 Snecial emphasis Is being placed on LII l naed of teachers and executlVes.