Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-08-18
South Carolina Gets More
Nurses.

More public nurses have been
placed in South Carolina by the Red
Cross since the end of the war, in
proportion to its population, than in
any state in the Southeast, accord
ing to information received in Co.
lumbia yesterday from the southern
division headquarters in Atlanta. At
the same time report on the work
in this state was given and it con-
tains some interesting information.
Not only have a record number of
nurses then placed, says the report
but South Cardinals Red Cross rec
ord includes finishing tha job" for
its soldiers and sailors and their fam
lilies, the teaching of home hygiene
and care Of the sick to about 500
women and girls, the care of more
than 5000 men in military camps
and posts, the careful study of three
communities with view to improv-
ing social conditions, the extension
of the service given soldiers families
during the war to some 1000 civilian
families, the training of boys and
girls in first aid and life saving, and
the promoting of many varied actlV-
tiles among children of the Junior
Red Cross.
The review as a whole is a strik7
ing testimonial of the benefit the
Red Cross has been to the state, and
furnishes, too, an idea of what the
Red Cross can mean to South Caro-
lima in the future if its work is fps-
tered as thoroughly and heartily as
it has been in the past.
Fifty-Nine Chapters.
South Carolina, states the review,
has SO Red Cross chapters, with
about $4,000 members, and 164
workers, of whom 16 are paid train
ed workers, % are unframed paid
workers and the rest are volunteers.
Nineteen public health nurses have
been placed in the state of whom IT
are supported wholly or in part by
the Red Cross. South Cardinals keen
interest in safeguarding public
health is further demonstrated by
the fact that on county alone, as the
result of six months demonstration
by the Red Cross appropriated SS,-
600 for public health nursing. The
Red Cross and public health authorl-
ties have cooperated in public health
work since the spring of 1919.
Red Cross work at Camp Jackson,
Charleston and Paris Island, where
a total of about 5000 men are sta
toned at-the three posts, is illustrat-
ed by the report with the statement
that in May the Red Cross handled
126 "home service" cases at Camp
Jackson, 115 at Charleston and 54
at.Parris Island, besides many more
cases of othre character such as
Strengthening out allotments, bonds,
insurance and the like for the boys.
This month, states the report, is typl-
cal of Red Cross work at camps and
posts.
Service to Discharged,
"While such has been the work OF
the Red Cross with men still in uni
FORM" says the report, cit has had
an even greater service to perform
for soldiers who were discharged
for families of service men, and for
transients passing through the state.
AS an instance of the extent OF this
work is the fact that, during the year
1919, and up to June, 1920 the home
service sections of the Red Cross in
South Carolina reported total OF
54.622 soldier cases. The Red Cross
also performed similar service for
civilians, 1928 of these cases having
been reported, besides disbursing' fl
nancial aid to the amount of S25,-
546.66."
In an effort to better entire COM
munities as we'll as help individuals,
the Red Cross helped to conduct
8 studies in social and civic conditions
in three cities, Union, Darlington
and Sumter. Good results were OBJ
tainen in improving conditions in all
three, states the report.
Activities of the Junior Red Cross
include sending sick children to hos
pitals, carrying sunshine to wounded
soldiers, making gifts for orphans
overseas, engaging in Thrift Stamp
work, giving "egg showers" to pa