Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-14
NORWICH RED CROSS MAKES REPORT
 IN WORK OF PAST TWELVE MONTHS

| results, |
 interesting study. One thing was very ] evident was the need of some systematic
 means of taking care of the appa ling number of children needing correction
 of physical defects especially tonsl ana
 adenoid operations and 8 special com
 mittee was appointed to work out | plan.
 Later in the year dental survey was
 made, and results tabulated as to grades and schools as before.
 The importance of the physical and dental examinations cannot be overestl- mated, for, having conditions as brought out by these examinations placed square
 ly before them, the policy in caring for
 the health of our school children be
 readily determined by those engaged in
 the work, and placed upon the soundest
 foundation.
 The repetition of the physical exami
 nation of the children this year Is of |
 equal importance, as the results will |
 show how much progress was made in | the correction of defects during the
 year. Shortly before the roll call last year
 ths Norwich chapter announced its in- l
 tention of extending it's nursing service |
 to branches and auxilaries. The result | of the rol call was not such as to per
 init this being done along the lines in tended, but it was determined that the | money received from the auxiliaries
 would be utilized for their benefit where |
 possible, and working in cooperation | with the home demonstration agent of
 the farm bureau and our state director } of public health nursing, study Of
 health needs of our rural sections was B begun. It soon learned that the town of Lebanon was struggling to have a school nurse, lacking only just what the Norwich chapter could supply con- lSidaTah'a nrt A. , nancial support. The amount asked e was S25O and was readily given, the re- 3 n1ander of the nurses salary being pro-
 vided by the state board of education
 and the town of Lebanon. The nurse s started her duties April l, and monthly I report of her work was filed with our = chapter committee, showing a great deal
 o good work accomplished.
 As soon as 1t became known what T the Norwich chapter had done for Leb- : anon, letters and calls were received : continuously from other sections, l. through their district school supervisors
 each one presenting their problems and g askicg our cooperation in the establish n ment of school nursing, but an investi- y gation of these proved that only sma section or in some cases none of their 'r districts belonged to our chapter. no f.
 nancial assistance was given, but we Q were glad to know their problems and le tried to pug them In touch with other h chapters.
 le This year Lebanon does not need our I help, but already other calls have come l. in and we hope to do much, or more, T. a lso to work out plan by which neigh D. moring cha pters will unite and Jointly
 finance travelling instructor for their 1e branches and auxiiaries to teach the le classes in home nursing. something for -e which we are constantly having de- lg mands.
 m Executive Secretary Reports.
 Miss Edith Nj. Rockwell, the new ex- IT, ecutive secretary made the general re-
 port for the executive committee. Her
 report was follows:
 In looking over the work accomplish ed ed by the Norwich chapter, American le Red Cross, during the past year I think
 We can all see why the Red Cross needs a l, "Peace-time Program" and that there is ; still work to be done.
 IT, As the chapter activities are under the g. care of special committees you will hear or these details special reports later. ls' The first responsibility of our organ
 izaton is the continued care of the men S. who bravely served us during the V' war. While the largest percentage of le' these men well rea1justed in their civilian life, we still have work to dc h. for those rems ming in hospitals and un- on der federal training. It is to these men E' we are devo.ing our first thought and 2 We deeply appreciate the privilege of ) being of service to them.
 ue During the summer the work of the e. chapter became so pressing that it was eS decided to employ an executive secre- tary to devote her full time to the va l. rious phases of the work and Miss Rock,
 wei, began her duties Sept. 15.
 The second part of our program is the l,a11 1+1. rs. we are beating time until after the roi as call hoping for returns that make pos
 sible some form of dental work among of the school children. The survey made of last year disclosed conditions making is this work imperative and we earnestly ed hope that some plan may be developed nal for dental clinical care for children ear of ly in the coming year.
 the The various committees cooperated II O. giving a pageant, The Red Cross of Ia Peace in Norwich, Nov. 5th. This is tn Id first presentation of the pageant in Con
 necticut and the chapter is justly prout no of being able to present to it's member he such a review of the work being don the at the present time
 ing We are closing our year consciou ion of many duties done but with renewe or purpose to make the coming year one c Der even greater promise.
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 asa Home Service Report. ces The home service report, which va lnd made by Chairman Eben Learned fol nal lows
 The home service department respect oes fully reports to the chapter as havin rce had most busy and useful year. ,ses was the wish of this department that W wo- could close our activities possibly Apr not 1 and certain July 1921. This ws for not to be, however, and the men wou ton simply not let us go out of business. md fact we have had new cases right a on du- although the Flying Squadron of tn lore government was supposed to not on
 clean up all old cases but eliminate ar 'ous possibility of new ones. We felt that md we could only cease the necessity f, in- using our chapters money for this pu
 pose 1t could be employed to greate are advantage in the health and scho ac- work. As our report will show for pra hl- tically the first half of the year our a
 tivities instead of diminishing kept , rses at high pitch and almost seemed to e. crease; when suddenly in a month tn the dropped to nothing comparatively ar the we feel now they are gradually Jesse alth Ing month by month until in short wh all our expense for the men will cease ' and have stood by them all the time tn
 they needed us and now If they and ot sorry CTS vii stand by us in our present cal alth paign we will get all the money nect
 sary to carry out the complete progra