Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-29
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| end delivered by the motor corps, the
/ Chapter furnishing all the necessary sup
! plies for the laycttes from its treasury.
I'VE expect that all of the $50 layottes
will have heon forwarded by the end Of this
month.
I'VE desire to express our grateful
| appreciation to the Rcd Cross women OF
Delaware for their enthusiastic support
in this work. The layettes which have
! been received are particularly complete
and well made and have received the cor
dial approval of our Red Cross nurses.
"A booth WAS opened at the Delaware
State Fair and during the, fair week, under
the direction of Mrs. Henry Hopes, surgi-
cal dressings were made for the city
hospitals. and under Mrs. Donald Ash
brook an exhibition OF knitted garments
was shown.
A report form Mrs Pierre s. du Pont
for the Bureau Of Supplies showed what
that department had accomplished during
the yer. A copy Of Mrs. du Pont report
follows:
BUREAU OF SUPPLIES.
"The bureau OF supplies has been in
active the greater part of the past year,
~ no new work involving the purchase OF
materials was started until September
AT that time the bureau ordered for the
$50 layettes supplies that will cost about
5000. This is almost double tho price
paid for the same things during the war
''Thc only supplies on hand are sut-
hcient gauze, cotton and muslin to meet
any emergency work for which the Red
Cross is always ready, and wool TINT We
hope TO have knitted into garments for
the poor.
nUREAu or HYGIENE.
Mrs. Joseph Bancroft presented an ex-
tenslvc report of the bureau Of Hygiene of
which she is the director. The bureau has
had both n busy and important year,
which was also the first year Of the peace
program Showing the work of the home
nursing branch the report announces -
classes III home hygiene. with 2s casScs
graduated; 625 students under instruction,
PA graduates and 23 students received
cards for modified course. The teacher
eenters are in progress st the Women :
College at Newark, High School, Will
mington, high schools at Selbyville,
Frankford. Millsboro, Lewes and Dover
schools, at Mddlctown and Odessa,
parochlal schools at Wilmington, classes in
Delaware Industrial School, st. HedwIg $
Catholic Church. classes at Hagley Com
munitv House, Italian Settlement, Peoples
Settlement, Y W. &. A. and classes for
Young mothers and adults in towns where
school classes were held. A travelling
equipment used in this work proved very
bcnch cial.
4 program TO include Rcd Gross home
nursing has been placed in the curriculum
of the public schools here.
4 frst-aid class of % students was q
factor IN the work at the Women : College
at Newark
Under the heading Of community nurs-
O.. the report announces the appoln tIncnt
Of four nurses. Among the work done the
hgurcs for the year show 4l0 children cN-
amined NJ Claymont since February, So
bedside visits made, baby clinics held
once q week since June, and 50 visits to
the Girls Industrial School.
In special nursing a nurse was engaged
who was assigned TO the Visiting Nurses
Association and who did valuable work at
Sunnvhrook Farm in addition to her
regular duties Another nurse did splendid
work at the State Industrial School and
also AZ the workhouse
Recounting the work Of six county
school nurses the report SAYS: The SIX
county school nurses have visited 50
schools. gwen the preliminary cxamlna-
tion Ia 1891 school children. and made
763 home visits, resulting IN great num-
ber az children beng taken for treatment
by then parents TO the family physician
and dentist and also to hospital clinics.
The report shows the vast amount OF
work done Tor public health, through lee
lures in conferences and II the Unusually
interesting display made at the state
Fair
H0ME SERVICE BUREAU.
What the bureau Of home service and
civilian relief. of which Miss Madeline
D.apcr is the director has done. was re-
ported bv Miss Slbyl NJ Gordon. secgc-
tarv of the bureau Tie report IN brief
follows
Since the opening Of the home service
bureau IN 1917. 3,ll0 service men and
Their families have come 70 Us for aid
There were ,354 eases under our care
the past year These have been classified
as follows:
Requiring adjustment Of allotments
and allowances insurance lnforma-
ton, etc. ..-..-.... $50
Service such as employment medical
care and financial aid. ........ 453
Transients. ll5
Care of $50 disabled soldiers OF tins
number. all but ga have had their claims
for compensation adjusted Over 300
were examined and their claims, including
affidavits necessary, fled through the
home service Office.
with the exception of the county work
we are planning to wind up the activities
Of this bureau on January /. We believe
that after that date the service rendered to
the families could be handled by the
Associated Charities, the information con-
cerning allotments. insurance, etc, can
be properly cared for by the American
Legion. As to the disabled soldiers, our
biggest problem, we hope by January ] 10
clear up all claims that have been entered
TO date. and TO urge men who have not
vet flied claims to do so at once as after
January |, We viii only have one ste
nographer on duty TO refer cases to the
proper agencies, and handle any leftover
claims of the disabled men.
In MAY. 1920 as an outgrowth of the