The New York herald., 1922-10-22
RED CROSS MAKING
NATION HEALTHIER
Annual Report Reviews Work
of Society's Many Agen-
cics of Service.
ROLL CALL COMING SOON
Data Emphasize Body's
Worthiness of Generous
/; Public Support.
ROLL CALL COMING SOON


American Red Cross is advancing In the
field of public health. through its nurs-
ing service. home hygiene and care OF
the sick courses. its nutrition activities.
first aid and life saving classes. it's
health centers and numerous other ac-
tivities is disclosed in the annual report
Of the organization just issued.
The report for the fiscal year ended
June 80. 1929. tells of the increasing es-
tablishment Of services that broadcast
among the people approved health con-
servation and disease prevention infor-
nation. This work emphasizes the ne
cessity of continuous support through a
world wide response to the annual ron
call, opening November IL and closing
November 80.
The obligation met by the American
Red Cross when in war time it furnished
1887 nurses for active duty with the
Army and Navy. the report shows. Is be-
ing met also in peace time with reserve
of nurses now aggregating 1885. an in
crease of 1,068 for the year. OF this re-
serve 102 are serving the Army. III the
Navy. 162 the United States Public
Health Service and 1.03S the United
States Veterans Bureau. One hundred
eHu oH0 AuIscS Qlt0 QuIlHS tAiC yCdA,
three from disability incurred by service
in the world war.
Health Nurses In 1,240 Places.
The Red Cross public health nurse In
1,240 communities in the United States,
Alaska, the Philippines, Porto Rico, Ha-
waii and the Virgin Islands Is informing
and instructing her constituency In
. health essentials and demonstrating the
need for physical betterment. In the
. year 313 new public nursing services
were established by Red Cross chapters.
In several hundred places the public an
thorities gave their full Endorsement TO
| the educational value of the public
health nursing work by taking them
over as functions of the municipal gov
ernment.
The National Red Cross allotted $780,
900 to meet the expenses of women
anxious to fit themselves for public
nursing. The home visits made by the
1,240 nurses aggregated nearly 1.500.-
600. Visits to schools totaled 100000.
and in six months 1.250.000 school chill
dren were inspected by these nurses who.
. in every case of physical defect ad-
vised parents to consult their physf-
clans. Marked advance was reported in
rural communities, with thousands OF
converts won to approved methods OF
disease prevention throughout the coun-
try.
In home hygiene and care Of the sick
. Instruction, which equips the student to
use methods insuring proper care where
Illness is not so serious as to require
professional service, the Red Cross con-
Quoted 1854 classes. enrolled 1855 In
structorsr and 93.44S students. and is
sued 42,656 certificates to those COM
| pleting the course of instruction.
The nutrition service. recognized
Iactor In health programs, also made
marked progress. This Red Cross SER
vice promotes individual and commun-
Hy health by making available authen-
tic information concerning food and the
food requirements Of different ages In
the varying conditions OF life. During
ihe year the Red Cross maintained 1,l99
classes having total enrolment OF 27.-
523 children and the service of 1859
Iietitians Seventy-eight food selection
classes, which instruct students in meth
ods of restoring malnourished children.
graduated 733 women as capable or
promoting strength and vitality by the
expert selection and preparation OF food
units.
Pushing Safety Campaign.
In general health activities the report
shows Red Cross Chapters maintained
health centers in 37 communities. These
provided 1881 health lectures for large
audiences Clinics that specialized in
baby welfare numbered close to 10000.
Accidental deaths in the United States
reached a total of 62.492 last year. In
striving for prevention of untimely
death the Red Cross, through its first
aid and lifesaving activities, Is reach
ing many thousands OF persons and
making steady progress also In combat
ting Industrial wastage of human life.
Two hundred and fifty Red Cross Chap
ters are conducting first aid classes In
2s9 localities, with q student registration
of more than $500 During the year
6,135 certificates of proficiency were is
sued. The Red Cross llfesaving corps
has personnel Of nearly 10000 qualified
In water first aid and throughout the
year the society carries on a wide CAM
paign I'm teaching adults. boys and girls
to handle themselves safely IN the wa
ter and to be OF service in conserving
life In cases OF accident.
Although the American Red Cross
withdrew its relief organization from
Europe July /. 1922. the continuance of
the activities of the Junior American
Red Cross In Europe has been author
ized for an indefinite period. In the
last year the juniors made two out
standing gains--one In the domestic
field that Is rapidly linking up the
schools with the Junior program, the
other the gain of a dozen countries in
Europe pledged to organize autono-
nnously on lines of the Junior American
Red Cross. The League Of Ped Cross So
cieties commenced the American organI-
sation for It's creation OF an interna-
tional spirit of human solidarity among
young people with a view to prepara-
ton OF a new civilization for. peace"
The report lists 24,52S schools enrolled
IN the Junior Red Cross. with a total OF
4.4S3.845 pupils wearing the "I Serve
button--the badge OF unseifish service
earned by each individual member
through personal sacrifice In interna-
tlonal school correspondence 1876 classes
and schools carried on communication
with 623 schools In European countries.
30 schools In the United States Terri
tories 10 in South Africa and 10 In
miscellaneous list of foreign countries.
The Junior work In foreign fields T., ,s-
tablshing Fairgrounds school libraries.
sewing and manual training classes,
homes for war orphans. school recon-
struction in devastated areas. encourage
ing community gardens and many other
enterprises was firS-s.ved through the Ma
..snaI Children's Fund raised by the
Juniors at a cost Of x3ag g37 In tha