The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-06-15
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NSopied IRON Nurses Report)
May has been another busy montb
NY liy campaign is coming alon,
nlcclN-thc children are worI,inn .0
hard with their fly iinglcs ln,v oir,r.
durlng hours on Saturday is = hus,
EIace) and the parents and the yhn!,
Town seems TO have caught the sniri,
EVcrN place ] go see pcoplc WIN
thrlr Swattcrs in their hands ready tn
pu' AN end to Mr.. Fly. Mr.. Hanks
'He 'iHe manager. of the motion picture
II""W IS funhm" MY Fly sIidcs which
l EoS from the ln'CrnDtionni Harvcs
.?r '"'' every, night, and | am plan
ming to take them to some of the ntt'.
Cf communities as soon as we b,v,
finished here.
have given away about five hund
rcd SWattcrS thus far MANY af IN,
hoM'S where screens were that foolish
!aSt year have been screened. Thorr.
Is sun much room for imnrOvcmcp,
but 1t is encouraging.
wy DanY conferences have beer
! most satisfactory. The co-opcration
"I S.'' hU' ing committees, physician.
".o paTcij5 has been splendid. Ever.
one seems so anxious to learn moro
H'' ii the care Of their little ones. /
i nave had but three confcrcnccs-t there
was fourth planned but measles
| nr"kc out IN the community and it had
10 be given up. In Turbcvil we did
n"I nave as many in attendance as We
Hh"uld nave llked on account of quite
number OF the children Just recover,
'ng 1rom whOOping cough, but because
OF the small numbers each mother was
able t" have instruction in detail about
! her own baby-Somcthing which car
not be given when the crowd is So
| large and there is only one nurse. lhe
BOY scouts OF Summcrton made ana
! donated play pen which / am using
! IN my exhibits.
Two Of my Y. b. suspects were nx
Amlned at one of the baby conferences.
ana wa" Iound to be In very rood cor.
! ditlon. These arc the children of In.
woman who died in january and whose
| nuSDHnL seemed to be losing weight,
re is looking much better and has
| promised me to have an cXammat!oI
made. My other r. b. patients have
| not mad their usual amount Of visits,
| because Of more stress being laid or
| the babies at this time.
J have two babies who are onitn 80
--cntcritis-both are doinr fairly
| wen. am going cVcry day to see
| thcm and help the mothers with their
! feeding.
gave the Camp Fire Girls GO ~
humbcr) two lessoh, one IN bani.
| aging, the other in rcsuscitati0n.
| ihcSc are not recorded on nv first
sheet
Thc case Of typhoid recorded is
| that to have been infected at a party
he attended in Sumter county.
Another baby conference was held
| at the Liberty church in the Bloom
Hl'ie VI, diStrict last Thursday afternoon.
rms was the first community work of
! any KIND which has been done in this
vicinity and the interest shown was
! eNcellcnt. There were 81 babies
| weighed, measured and examined, and
| the mothers given advice as to Lheir
care and diet. Most all Of the child.
rGn were found to be in good condition.
| lhc most noticeable defect found was
| underwclght. In these cases the no-
thcr was advised what to feed the
chlld IN order TO bring the weight ,iD
to normal.
| All parents who attended the con
terence expressed themselves as be
ing pleased with the opportunity to
nave their children examined free and
to learn in what way their health
could be improved.
Miss Moore wishes to again thank
| all those who helped to make the con.
terence success.
| There are two similar conferences
under WaY--onc at the Home Branch
| school, Monday, June goth from 2 to
p. M; the other in the Oakdalc dis.
| trict. the date TO hc sot lntor