The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-11-19
GREAT WORK OF ]. !.
RED CROSS IN
PENNSYLVANIA
Hundreds of thousands OFFER
sons Assisted by Great !
Organization Of Mercy. d
MONEY CONTRIBUTED HERE
is SPENT IN HOME WORK

Enormous Number OF Lives Saved by
Rcd Cross In Influenza Epidemic.
AMI Nursing and First Aid ActivI-
ties. 6 a
The extent to which the American
Red Cross has entered into the lives
of the people at lurge In the Pennsyi-
yania- Delaware Division, comprising
the states Of Pennsylvania and Della
ware, Is not generally known. During
the past year. the first full year OF
operation under the comprehensive
peace program. this great organization
has given aib 10 more than half mil
lion Of the popuIalicn Of this state. and
Delaware
The Public Health.
o. all these activities the putlae
health and nursing s~ryice is the in"ss
far-reachlng IN It's effects al the pres
ent time. The Red Cross Is actively
cooperating with DR.. Edward Martin,
State Director of Public Heulth TO aid
in the betternent of the public health
and he recognizes the power for good
of the organization. Nursing services
have beel established by TSsrny chap
ters Of the state. some of them being
Erie, Cory ,tErle County,. Clarion
Brook vile, jefferson County,; ARM
strong, lndiani. WestmOrelamd, Pitts
burgh beaver. Mount Pleas;iii., WEST.
moreland County,. Washington. Fay
cite, Greene. Somerset Clinton CAM
Driu. fiog;l, Cameron. Ridgway, tElk
County. Franklin tVenanso County, >;
Du I:nis tCleuriieId County,; Clear
field. BeIlefurte, Center County ;;
Moshnnnun (Center Conntyl; State
College Center County,; Huntingdon.
Fulton, Juniuta, Franklin, tFranklin
County,; Wayne. Lebanon, Wyoming
Valley, Wilkes-Barre, (Luzerne Coup-
ty); Pike, Greater Berwick, tCOlum-
bia County,; Danville tMontOur Coun-
ty); Monroe, Carbon. Catasanqua,
Iehigh County,; Allentown, Mahanoy
City, Bethlehem. northampton Coun-
ty); Harrisburg, Southeastern Penn
sylvania (services established In
Bucks, Montgomery, Chester and Del,
aware Countless; Wallingford (Deia-
ware County,; Lancaster, York, Do
nora, washington County,. and eour
established in the state Of Delaware.
During the FIRST six months of the
year in the nul sing service in Penn
sylvania, the public ,-ealth nurses
made 44,537 visits. There are now
sixty-five nursing services established
and eighty-four nurses are employed
In tn public healtl. services.
The astounding number OF visits
made during the year to the sick who
are unable to secure proper attention
for themselves may be seen when 1t
is considered that each nurse makes
about 115 visits month In the 1ioga
chapter, for example, the three nurses
employed by that Chapter made 1910
calls, and about this same proportion
is maintained in the other Chapters.
In another Chapter, prompt Red Cross
measures preve 'teo an epidemic.
Teaching First Aid.
| Scarcely second to tie public health
education and nursing service, are the
classes for the teaching of First Aid
to the Injured. In the United States
as whole, there are about 100000
fatal accidents annually, and fully
100000 which do not result fatally.
Pennsylvania, as great manufacture
ing and mining state, with about one
twelfth Of the population Of the coun-
try. can therefore count on at least
$500 fatal accidents and about $4,000
non-fatal ones, each year.
But non-fatal accident may easily
result in the death of the victim un-
less prompt and efficient aid be given,
and this is what the Red Cross First
Aid teaches 1t is impossible to esti-
mate the number of lives saved in
Pennsylvania and Delaware by the
REQ Cross during the past year by
mems Its First Aid classes, but it
must be very considerable number.
During the first six months of 1920
the Red Cross conducted Al First Aid
classes In which there were 1915 stu
dents, of whom I'll received certifi-
Gates Of graduation. This number will
be greatly increased before the close
of the year.
Among the Chapters which have
added first aid courses to their &C
tivities are: Erie. Crawford. Warren,
Brookville Jefferson County, OIL City
(venango County): punxsutawney
Jefferson County,; Armstrong, Indi-
ana. Butler, Beaver, New Kensington
(Westmoreland County,; Pittsburgh,
Latrobe (Westmoreland County, Do
Lora washington County,; Mount
Pleasant (Westmoreland) Somerset,
Fayettes Greene. Snyder. Greater Ber-
wick COLUMBIA County,: Danvflle