The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-11-19
Home Service Department
Has Accomplished Much
Work During Year
TOTAL OF 224 FAMILIES
GIVEN ATTENTION
Survey Also Shows The Work
Throughout County Of
The Nurse

Many of our citizens are not famil.
lar with the work of the American
Red Cross in Knox county since the
war closed.
During the past year the county has
had on active duty at all times, To-
cal secretary as we'll as a trained
nurse whose duty it was to give at
tention to the families who were in
need Of help and to the physical con-
dition of the children in our public
schools.
The secretary, Miss Patterson, hav-
ing charge of the Home Service De-
partment of the Knox County Ameri-
can Red Cross, makes the report as
follows:
Number of families given attention
-244.
Office interviews-291.
Outside visits-300.
Telephone calls-402.
Letters mailed-74O.
Cash relief given-$340.50.
The peace time service of this de.
ilian families in the same way that it
served the soldiers and sailors fami-
lies. 1t also gives particular attention
to the soldiers and sailors families
who lost their lives or were crippled
in the service. Federal training, in.
surance allotments, information SER
vice and compensation are also
branches of this department in peace
time work. ~
Mrs. Beverly, the trained nurse for
the Knox county Red Cross organiza-
tion, submits the following report Of
her work for the past year.
Number of schools yisited-34.
Number of visits to schools-266.
Sanitary inspection visits-63.
Child welfare visits-53.
Prenatal visits-5.
Tuberculosis yisits-140.
Infant welfare visits-36.
Home visits to school children--240.
Nursing visits to home-160.
Children taken to physicians-2S.
Children to hospitals.
Miscellaneous visits-2O3.
Total number of visits--1197
Summary of school inspection:
Number of inspections of individual
pupils-6,935.
Talks to pupils in class and meet
ings-1S2
Treatments in schools.
Time spent in schoOl-366.
Children excluded from school be
cause of contagion--91.
Enlarged tonsils and aednoids--
1,241.
Defective teeth-2,0S5.
Defective vision--111,
Defective hearing.
Crippled children found--18.
Three crippled children now receiv
ing treatment under specialists a
three large hospitals in the state AL
preliminary arrangements and expens
es of examination borne by Red Cros
Chapter. Two other crippled children
to receive attention as soon as al
rangements can be made. 1t Is prob
able that the expense of treating thes
children will be borne entirely by tn
local Red Cross Chapter and by tn
local Junior Red Cross. No bette
chance for service can be offered u
than to help crippled child to wall
1t has been brought to the attentio
of parents of other children that some
thing can be done for them.
The above is brief report of tn
splendid work done in our Knox Ct
Chapter of the American Red Gross
The Fourth Red Cross Roll Call is no.
being conducted throughout the coul
ty and will he conducted in Mour
Vernon Thursday, Friday and Satu
day Of this week Fifty cents out {
every dollar membership is retaine
for the work given above and the otl
y err fifty cents goes to the National o
ganization. No citizen can spend
dollar or contribute dollar anywher
that can do more good than to place
In the hands of the Red Cross.