Morris tribune., 1920-06-04

submitted by Miss Labrie to the Stew
ems County Public Health Associa-
tion, at the meeting of the public
health nurse committee on Wednes-
day afternoon:
MAY 1. Office Day.
May 3 st. Mary's Parochial School
and monthly committee meeting.
May 4. Dist. So, 20, 26.
May S. Dist. Is, Al, So. :
May 6. Dist. So, %.
May 7. Dist. 6, As, II.
May 10 and II. Hancock.
May IL. st. Mary's Parochial.
May 13. Dist. 65, 5.
May IA. Dist. SO, 81, 65.
May II. Dist. 18, Alberta.
May Is. Dist. Fl, st. Mary's Par
ochial.
May 10 and 20. Hancock.
May 21. st. Mary's ParochiaI.
May "a. Dist. 70, Chokio.
May rs and 26. Chokio.
Total $50 pupils examined.
"The month of May finishes school
examinations with a total of 1852
pupils examined in the four months.
All of the rural schools, except 6 that
closed before it could be reached,
Alberta, Chokio, DonnelIy, Hancock.
Longfellow School of Morris, st.
Mary's Parochial, grades 1-8 Morris
High School Building were examined,
leaving Morris High School for the
fall work.
"On May 1st and 14th, Red Cross
Chapter reorganization meetings
were attended. Avery pleasing spirit
of interest and cooperation in the
County Nurse project was displayed.
May 18th was Florence NightingaIe's
Centennial. A short talk on the in
fiuence of Miss NightingaIe's war
nursing on the nursing done in our
late war was given at the High
School program. The same evening
the closing exercises and basket So
cial at district 8, Lois Hamilton's
school were attended. A few minutes
talk on the beginning of county
nursing work followed by some of
my experiences in France was given.
Friday, May 21, Ford Coupe
was purchased by Junior Red Cross
County Nurse. This has been much
needed in getting about the county
for rural school work, but is doubly
necessary for the follow-up work in
summer program.
''The Chokio schools were visited
with the new car, vivid sign upon
the door announcing to everyone in
passing that Stevens County has an
up-to-date progressive Junior Red
Cross and incidentally County
Nurse.
Thursday, May 27, with Mrs.
Nash as passenger, the nurse mot
Ored to the home of Emil MeckIen-
burg to attend the Moore Township
Farmers Club dinner and meeting.
A talk on the nursing work in the
schools and an explanation of the
recommendations made to the par
ents concerning their children was
given. In the evening, the box So
cial at Miss Lees school, Dist. so was
attended and it was found that to be
a good county nurse one must meet
all emergencies, so auctioneering
baskets has been added to the quail
fications of the county nurse.
Friday was spent at the Office and
Saturday a group of county nurses,
9 in all, met at the Commercial Club
rooms to discuss the work just fin
ished, special problems, and summer
programs.
''The first week in June will be
spent at the Office laying out plan
of work for the summer and looking
up vital statistics at the court house.
There is no question as to there be-
ing enough work to do, but, as to
the most important thing to special
ize on, and until a definite program
is mapped out tentative one for
June is follow up calls at the homes
Of the school children both in the
towns and rural districts.
Defective vision, 100; Conjunctivi-
tbs, q; Granulated lids, "a; Defective
hearing, II; Nasal obstruction, 26O;
Enlarged tonsils, $50; Cervical aden-
tits, 62; Defective teeth, 495; Ring
worm, l. Eczema, 4; Pediculosis, IL;
Cardiac diseases, 1; Deformities, 8;
Malnutrition, 1928; Bite f1ngernails,
70; Enlarged thyroid, 2; Overweight,
g: Time spent in school, 81 hours;