Arizona republican., 1921-02-03
UNEMP PLOYMENT ADDS TO WORK IF
 PUBLIC NURSES
Report For Month Of Janu- uary Shows Marked In crease In Nursing Serv- ice-Lack Of Work Said To Be Cause

Increase in unemployment has eff fected like increase in the work of the public health nurses of the Mari copa Anti-Tuberculosis society, which is affiliated with the American Red Cross, according to the report of the nursing service for January. The re- port is as follows:
 Report on the nursing service for the month of January.
 The first month of the new year brought a slightly increased number Of new patients and a serious new com plication. namely that of unemploy- ment. Strange as that may seem, this unemployment problem affects our work very definitely, as thus an almost unsurmountable barrier is raised be- tween our efforts at alleviatien and re- construction and the family. While in many instances it was largely a matter or skilled nursing care, instruction Tn hygiene and home nursing or of re- adjustment, now enters the problem oi poverty, presenting a situation resem- bling that of the two winters previous to our entering the world war The gos- pei of good nourishing food plenty of rest, hygienic surroundings and no worry must fall on barren ground when the bread winner is out of work, or when, due to the increased demand, the different relief agencies must re- duce aid to the minimum. I have ir mind just now a family consisting ot father. mother and the three young children. trying to keep body and soul together on a pension of s20 month. one washing at $1.50 per week and such occasional gifts and donations as kindly friends are disposed to give from time to time. The man in this family has advanced pulmonary tuberculosis. the wife Nherself not strong, unable to Ixa ad al to be pitied is the able bodied man who must watch his sick wife want, because he cannot get work, or can not make enough to provide the necessary nour- ishment for his thin. anaemic children. The Statistical Report
 The statistical report is as follows: Number of families on list on
 Jan. l Sa Number of sw case referred to Number Of recurrent cases Total number of families during
 month lIs Number of cases dismissed. s Number of cases remaining end of
 month -..-.-.-.- ..-.....- llt Number of nursing visits ....-.. 23 Number of instructive visits. 97 Number of social service visits. -. 105 Number of friendly visits 21 Number of other calls ............ 105 Total number of calls during
 month -............. 352 Number of interviews during office
 hours --...-..-. ..-...--... IVe
 During the last couple of weeks we have made efforts to locate some of the people who came to the clinic last summer; we found that some had left town, some had gone to sanatoria, some died. but the majority were glad to learn that we were going to have permanent clinic where they will be able to receive medical care free of charge. None of the patients are em- ploying physicians at present, as they have. no income.
 On Jan. II gave talk and demon stration before the Beehive Girls of the Church of the Latter Day Saints on First aid in bandaging," later gave two talks before the Girls Friendly so- ciety of Trinity cathedral on. What is being done in Maricopa county in line of relief and social work and Low could members of the c. r. $. help.' As the result of the latter, a branch of the society is making some garments need cd in our work.
 As usual we have received good CO., operation from the various philan- thropic organizations and individuals to whom we hereby express our thanks.
 Respectfully submitted.
 ETELKA WEISS, R. N.
 Nurse in Charge.
 The public health nurses,f Misses EteIlka and Yolande Weiss. may be reached at room 516 Heard building every afternoon between 1 and 3 o'clock. telephone 175s.