Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-08-05
MANI LIVES ARE
| BEING SAVED BY
/. RED CROSS HERE
Public Health Nurse Doing
Invaluable Work Among
Children; Has 315 Cases
Under Her Care.

With S15 cases under care and
a total of AIS calls made during
the past month, the Red Cross
public health nurse operating in
the city is almost swamped with
work. The excellent results of the
nursing department of the Red
Cross in saving the lives of little
children and preventing any avoid
able suffering are given IN re-
port to the Red Cross executive
committee by Miss Gladys Harris
for the month of July.
Miss Harris had 253 cases undeI
care at the first Of the month ana
she took on 112 new ones as
against the fifty that could be dls-
missed. The visits of the month
included seventy nursing visits, l
infant and child welfare VISITS ana
the remainder were prenatal ana
maternity visits. Twelve cllnlcs
with a total attendance OF lou
were held and eight home nufs"
ing classes were conducted.
The fact that there were thirty
three deaths among the infants IN
the county during the month OF
June and the first two weeks "
July is sufficient proof or the heeu
for such preventative work as Tue
Red Cross is doing here. OI all tne
children who have been under the
suneryision of the nurse Since
March only three have been lost'
In one of these cases the motner
refused to cooperate and the chlla
died two months after the case hau
heen dismissed In the other Two
cases the children had been SIGN
nearly month before the physi-
clan and nurse We're calico, oi .'e
with pneumonia and the otner WIFI
entercolitis. -.,.
With the exception Of routine
instruction and advice concerning
child hygiene and supervisory care
no case is kept under direction Oh
nurse unless it is referred to her
nv the physician or in case OF IN
digent parents who are unable 10
nav for advice and treatment.
One of the cases cited by MISS
Harris was that of q six months
old habv who was brought 10 the
clinic on July /. The child, VINO
was suffering from malnutrltlon'
was one inch under average helght
and four pounds underwelght. Inc
nurse kept the child under con.
slant supervision. The baby gained
a half pound in two weeks Wheii
he was given the proper MIX
formula. which had been impossl-
hja of first because the mother was
unable to buy the milk, he gaineu
another pound and a quarter men
in height during the following Two
weeks While he is still below the
standard for his age, with continu-
500 of Improvement, it will be
a matter Of only a snort tiihe uii'ii
he is normal, says MISS 1ar[ls'
Another 18-months-olu paos
who was three quarters OF an lllIi'
under height and three ana Intte1
eighths pounds underwelght, anu
unable to walk, has gained q
Mound during the month II mas
been under the nurses SUPERVISION
and is now able to walk. Two cae
90 If entercolitis referred TO the
ped Cross by one of the physl-
CLAWS two weeks ago, have recoV-
ered but the nurse is still super
Using the daily feeding OF the IN
fants She has visited the hotnes
daiIv and given treatments Or
Sered nv the physician as well IS
demonstrated the proper metnous
~ nreparing the various mix
Sorrorlas and in constructing the
homemade beds and ice boxes.
Two cases of marasmus are pc
,r, cared for by the nurse. one
Iemonths-old child, who was re-
norted to Miss Harris by physi-
rion did not come up to the three
,,,onths standards in either Welght
~ height and was fretful day ana
nieht she was placed on a modl-
fled milk formula for a I1rilion: -.
baby, which was gradually IN
ERASED in strength until she vas
able to take whole milk o.ne.
articles of food have been auueo
r. her diet and she had deVelopeo
a happy, playful disposition gam
ING two and a half pounds IN
month. u,s,,,,,s
whore the mother was afralu Vi
cows milk for the child, has peen
nnder treatment by the nurse
NV mother was instructed IN
general care of her baby ana MAS
1ersuaded to try cows milk. The
nurse was obliged to remove TWO
pacifiers from the child before tho
mother was convinced that the
child was improving under inc
nurses care. Although less tnan
q week has passed and the chilo Is
still a skeleton, he no longer LOOKS
like an anxious little old man. he
has lost his worried expression,
sleeps we'll and is playful IN MS
waking hours. .oo,
There have been also seVerai
breast-fed babies showing apnor-
NAL conditions under the nurse
care. Laboratory tests have peen
made of the milk and the motneIs
have been instructed IN methooT
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