The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-12-17
RED CROSS AIDS
$4,000 TOWNS
Vast Number Of American Com
nlunities Assisted.
MANY ACTIVITIES INAuGURATED
Thirty-five States, Pennsylvania
Among Them. Officially Working
With Red Cross


Among Them. Officially Working
With Red Cross.
The activities OF the AmericaI Red
Cross for the fiscal year ending June
30 last fulfilling The peace-time obliga
tions of its congressional charter by
"mitigaling suffering caused by disas-
ter and pestience, and i'll devising and
carrying on measures for preventing
the same" touched in some form,
more than 1000 American commune.
ties.
During the year Red Cross Depart.
ment of Health Service has been or
ganiZed; its NurSin" Service has bee,
EXTENDED to meet growing demand
for public health nursing until over
10000 nurses are low on its rolls ITS
First Aid to Injured courses have been
widely taught, 6O00 persons having
been awarded First Aid Certificates
during the year; and the American
Red Cross has been the chief factor
in the formation of the League of Red
Cross Societies with headquarters in
Geneva
The Department of Health Service
was established December l, 1919. On
June 30. 1920, there were in active
operation i2S Health ~enters, from
which radate inndnerable activities
designed to improve the health of the
community and prevent the spread of
disease. While 435 Red Cross Chapters
were actively engaged in disease-pre-
ventive work.
The bureau of First Aio to the in
jured has issued 5000 certificates to
those who have taken regular courses
and awarded 465 me1ais Ten First
Aid contests have taken place in var,-
GUS states, 1900 medaliions have been
distributed and IT'S junior members
have been awarded emb,ems.
Life Saving Service.
The Life Saving, or Water First
Aid service has been extended during
the past year by the addition of TWEEN
ty-nine Red Cross Life Saving corps
and the enrolment of 1900 new menu
bers, of whom SOB are women. There
is now complete woman's corps n
this branch of the service.
The Health Department also includes
Bureau of Medical Social Service,
which haG under its supervision June
30, 1920, 312 Red Cross employees, serv-
ing 81 Public Health Hospitals Of
this number lbs are hospital social
workers, and during the year 80, AL
patients have received from this bu-
reau some form of Red Cross service.
In the Department of Nursing the
fiscal year was one of transition from
military to civil activities.
Or the 604 nurses attached TO the
various American Red Cross commits
sions in Europe when the armistice
was signed, all but ll6 had returned
to the United States by June 30, 1920.
Of those &c were in Poland. 46 in the
Balkans, two in France and two in
bohemia. Six scholarships have been
established at Kings College.
Nursing Enrolment.
Enrolment in the Red Cross nurs-
ing service increased during the year
from 35,426 to 36.7O5. On June 30
there were in .ctive service 5O4 In
the army, 81 in r! e navy ard 3Aa in
the Public Health corps.
In order to increase the number of
qualified public health nurses, for
which there is urgent demand, 2SS
scholarships have been established and
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Fund to public health nursing In adj
dition, approximately 250 scholarships
have been awarded by the various
chapters. Funds have also been given
to the University of Minnesota, Peu-
body College, Tulane University, Uni
versity of Louisville, and University
of California.
Development in class instruction in
Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick
has increased three-fold during the tis-
cal year, the number having increased
from 34,033 to 93,093. During June,
1920, 2090 nurse instructors were
conducting classes.
Activities of the Bureau of Nutri-
ton Service include the maintainance
of a reserve of home economies women
qualified and ready TO serve in the
event of war, and the promotion of
the course of instruction in food selec
ton, nutrition classes for undernour-
ished children and the hot school
lunch. During the year 1887 enrolled
in this service, 500 as hospital deti-
tians and 1878 as instructors. During
the fiscal year textbook upon this
line of work has been issued and 1886
students have been certified.
One of the important results of the
work done by the Red Cross Health
and Nursing Departments has beer