The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-10
RED CROSS AIDS
HUNDREDS Of THE
ONES IN NEED Or
HELP DURING YEAR
Greatest Little Mother Ex-
tends Helping Hand to
Sufferers in Over 1900
Communities

Washington, Nov. 10.-More than
5000 American communities received
aid during the year ending last
June from the Red Cross in the adop-
ton Of precautionary methods against
disease and disaster or In mitigating
suffering caused by either.
The activities Of the Red Cross
in this endeavor have been summar-
lied in the second of series Of state
ments, issued from Red Cross head
quarters here, outlining the contents
of the forthcoming annual report and
showing another phase of Red Cross
expenditures from funds given by it's
ten million adult and fourteen million
junior members throughout the coun-
try.
During the year, the Red Cross
organized its department Of health
service; extended its nursing service
To meet Il growing demand for public
health nursing, taught IT'S first aid
to injured courses to thousands: and
took the lead in the formation of the
worldwide Red Cross societies, with
headquarters in Geneva.
The department of health service,
organized and at work during the
last seven months of the year. was
operating 12S health centers at the
end of the year. From these radiated
many activities designed TO improve
the health Of community and TO
prevent the spread of disease. while
435 Red Cross chapters also engaged
actively in disease preventive work.
The health department also had 3l2
employees, serving at 50 public health
hospitals, where 30.422 patients re-
ceived some form Of aid from the
Red Cross. Fifteen hundred new
members Of whom 503 We're women,
We're added during the year to the
| life-saving service. a branch Of the
first aid to Injured department, in
which n complete womans corps also
has been organized.
For the nursing service, the year
was one of transition from military
to civil activities. During the war
10000 graduated nurses were assign.
ed to war service which aided the
return 20 civil life of several hundred.
Sick nurses were cared for in con-
valescent home, built during the
year at cost of $4,000.
Enrolment in the nursing service
increased from 35426 to 36,7O5 during
the year, and in an effort to increase
The number OF qualified public health
nurses the national Red Cross and
its individual chapters established APP
proXimately GOO scholarships at nsti-
tutions over the country. Glass in
struction in home hygiene and care
Of the sick also increased three-fold
during the year, the attendance rec
ord being placed at 9SO93. Two
thousand nurses, acting as instruct
ors. had charge Of this work The
total expenses Of the nursing serv-
ice We're Sl999G5. reduction of
/ slS.31l over the previous year.
Among the achievements Of the
nursing department was the adoption
by 50 states Of uniform method of
work In connection with the Red
Cross, by which "A bureau of public
health nursing was instituted under
the direction Of state health Off
GER
The work Of the American society
In the worldwide organization was
described by the statement as pure
! " educational" serving To blaze
the trail for the league" Methods
already worked out by the American
society were adopted as the plan to
be followed in all other countries