The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-11-12
RED CROSS
THE RED CROSS IN 1921

The first two articles in this series
concerning the work of the Rel Cross
in Hunterdon County covered the
activities of the past year both in
Home Service and Health lines. Miss
Edna R. Sparey, Red Cross Public
(. Health Nurse for the County, has
outlined the plans for the coming year
in the following statement:
In considering the work of the Red
Cross Chapter of the A. r. c. for
the year 1920-1921 there are certain
definite lines that should be consid-
cred and built up. Last year good
start was made through the complet-
ing of Medical Inspection work in the
schools of the county, giving US the
Health Record of the pupils of the
schools. We know that 16 per cent.
of the pupils have defective vision,
that 20 per cent. enlarged tonsils and
symptoms of adenoids, that n per
cent. have defective weight and are
suffering from mal-nutrition, and that
these conditions are remedied, that
while over 200 major defects have
been corrected and that from Is per
cent. to 20 per cent. of our children
have visited a dentist, still the
majority of these defects will not be
corrected unless we get the parents
and pupils aroused to the realization
that these defects are harmful to
them, to their general health, and
their future growth and development.
So with these figures comes the need
of getting defects corrected. Our
most serious health problem of the
children in the county is that of
under-weight, and for the betterment
of the future one worker could
advantageously put in all of her time
and use up all of her energy to bet
ter this condition by awakening the
interest of the child.
AS the report of last year shows
work done along child welfare, pre-
natal, tuberculosis, general bedside
nursing and social service and infant
welfare lines, so to this coming year
there will be some of each of these
phases of Public Health nursing
to do.
When we study the medical re-
sources of this county, take into con-
sideration its extent of area and its
irregularity, we all realize we have
too few physicians and trained nurses
and know the need ia local hos
pital. We know that it is true that
many people are i'll needlessly, that
a large number of those who are i'll
do not receive the best nursing care;
to meet this need we have been hold
ing Glasses Gin Home Nursing and
Care of the Sick. There have been
six classes held, and 100 women have
been granted certificate for the sat
isfactory completion of the course by
the Atlantic Division.
At the present time there are three
classes being conducted, with an en-
rollment of "a women. These classes
will be completed before January LIST,
and we have three localities that are
ready for a class as soon as these are
finished Since October l, 1919, the
nursing committee of the County
Chapter have been DESTROYS of having
a County Red Cross headquarters as
the nucleus for Health Center. The
County Seat, Pennington, seemed to
be the most central place for the
Health Center under the auspices of
the Hunterdon County Chapter.
Through the erection of new build
Muller's, located where the Central
IdliTOdu JIdChS CIOSS hldlli SbISeb, SulL-
able office space has been obtained.
Flemington branch will cooperate
with the County Chapter both in shar-
ing the Health Center and in the
work
Well Baby Clinics will be held |
there every week, the Red Cross CO.
operating with the Child Hygiene
Division of the State Board of Health.
Health Exhibits and Health Litera-
ture will be on hand and the center
will be open from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.
daily, except during noon hour.
We hope that through our Health
Center we may conduct other clinics
such as the tuberculosis Clinic for
the examination of patients. A
Dental Clinic as well as a Nose,
Throat and Eye Clinic. We will have
the county scales there and will be