The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-17

were such as to make this undertak-
ing seem worth while.
"One girl, who at the beginning was
recorded as being decidedly under
nourished gained 1811 pounds. Others
gained from 10 to 121s pounds. Ten
pupils gained three pounds each. In
addition to the gain in health of these
children, their mothers learned the
value of milk in the diet.
VenereaI Disease Clinic
"Venereal diseases undermine the
health, mentality and earning power
of a vast number of persons and pass
on to the future generations weaken
| ed condition 1t is most gratifying
| that there has been general awaken
| ing concerning the prevalence Of
these diseases, which has resulted in
the finding and early treatments of
cases which otherwise would have
been unknown until general paralysis,
loeemotor ataxia, apoplexy, insanity
and other ailments had developed.
AT the request of the Rotary club
which more than a year ago was re-
| sponsible for the raising of funds with
which to establish venereal disease
! clinic, in cooperation with the state
and federal departments, at Eastha-
ven hospital, the bureau in December
took over the general management of
the clinic.
Or S. e. Smith continued to serve
as the able medical director. One OF
the bureaus nurses has been done by
members of the bureaus staff with the
assistance of DR., George B. Hunt, sec
rotary of the city board of health, the
city sanitary officer and members OF
the police department. At the close
of the year there were 166 active
patients.
In the promotion of better homes
much of the bureaus work is rendered
null and void by bad housing condi
tions. Because of their influence or
health, home life, and the social life oil
the community, the housing of q
towns inhabitants is of primary i'm
poftance and matter of concern tc
all engaged in social work.
"a home worthy of the name cannot
be maintained in the houses SO many
poor people are compelled to occupy
In addition to unsanitary and dilapi
dated conditions there is found undue
crowding through which there is alb
sence of privacy which often cause:
immortality.
, There are many cases upon ou
records that can be cited to show tn,
; benefits of hours of service in behal
of families, many of which are too con
fidential to be shown in a public
report.
Marriage Laws
, "A considerable amount of the worl
of the bureau during the past yea
had to dc with broken homes as a re
; suit of disease, desertion or divorce
; In this connection we have realizet
, the close relationship between thes
, evils and our ill-devised marriag
) laws.
! Family Desertion
, 1T has frequently been said tina
; desertion is the poor mans divorce
but social worker of experience say
t that in her judgment it comes neare
to being poor mans vacation Som
4 deserters whose families we have bee
: into close contact within the yea
5 have taken only a few days vacation
while others are still on vacation
vi Last year the bureau continued t
; carry on the Red Cross Home Servic
r for the Wayne county chapter. Amer
r can Red Cross. during which tim
a service was rendered to 421 differer
l. men and women or members of thei
J. families. The services rendered thes
O men was of a varied sort, rangin
g from information to material assis
r ance.
: in this connection men were ass;s
ed in filing claims for compensate
r. for disability and adjustment of ethe