Connecticut western news., 1922-09-28
ANNUAL MEETING VISIT-
 ING NURSE ASSOCIATION
Officers Elected and Interest
 ing Report of the Nurses -.-. Activities "a. -
.RoRABAcK PRESIDENT
Trusty Ford Has Greatly Increased
 Amount of Work. Possible ... by Nurse '

the Town Hall last Wednesday even ing. A very interesting report was read by Miss Peters, the visiting nurse, which is printed herewith, showng unusual activities made pos sible by the use of car, during the past year. The officers elected were as follows: President, J. H. Roraback, vice-president, Rev. A. K. Skinner; secretary, Miss Catherine Roraback treasurer, Dr. J. E. Hassett; direc- tors, Rev. Frank H. Neal, Dr. F. H. Lee, Rev. J. W. Barry, Dr. J. c. Adam, Mrs. A. K. Skinner, Miss Ella Considine, Mrs. F. c. Clemans, William M Teague, Allyn Fuller, John Bianchi, Nelson Stratton; sup ply committee, Mrs. N. L. Jackson, Mrs. Robert Fletcher, Mrs. J. H. Roraback; finance committee, Wat son Hardenbergh, chairman, Hiram F. Beebe, c. Willis Parsons, J. Clin- ton Roraback, George P. Harden bergh. .s.s ri. >.
 Report of Visiting Nurse for the
 Year Ending May 31, 1922.
 F'It seems as if we had travelled cn a long journey, since May 31st, 1921. If Fords could talk, certainly our Ford would tell marvellous tales of our travels over highways and by ways, into every corner of the Town, rain or shine, snow or mud, always getting there, regardless of difficult ties. ,...t.. <. ..s.s..
 'The year just closed has been a very full and interesting one. More work was done than. ever before, more families have had the services of the nurse, and the Town was more adequately covered than at any time in the history of the Associa- tion. g.s- -.....
 "This achievement would not have been possible had it not been for our ''trusty' Ford, which has almost talk en the place of a second nurse, and has been a significant factor in the development of the work.
 Every branch of the work made it's demands. During the late win ter and early spring months much illness was prevalent and a great deal of time was necessarily devoted to bedside nursing.
 "We averaged as many as and s patients a day, these scattered over the town, widely separated at times.
 ''It goes without saying that our Ford proved indispensable at this time. *-*- u-#
 ''It may be interesting to note in this connection that we served 9 different physicians, out of town physicians as we'll as local physicians referring patents for nursng care, or supervision.
 "An important phase of the work of any public health nursing organi- zation is the child hygiene work. This includes the health and welfare of the child from infancy through school life.
 "The children of today are the men and women of tomorrow and the future citizens of our country. We build for the future when we early safeguard the health of the child and discover it's bodily weak ness.
 "A report published recently by the Bureau of Child Hygiene of the Connecticut Department of Health relating to infant mortality, reveals that for the years of 1920 and 1921 the death rate for 1000 infants born, fell from 92Ro to 73Ro. Credit for this decrease is given Public Health Nursing Associations through out the state, and various means whereby information and education concerning the care of children has been conveyed to mothers.
 ''It was interesting to note in this report, that the town of North Ca- naan, was one of several towns in the state having no infant deaths during the year 1920.
 "The work in the schools, namely, the supervision of the school chill dren, the instruction in health hab- it's, noting physical defects and urg- ing their correction is telling fac tor affecting not only the children, but the health of the entire com munity.
 By systematic supervision of the children in the schools, symptoms of contagious disease are readily dis covered and epidemics prevented.
 "The correction of physical defects prevents future handicap and in- creases the physical and mental eff ciency of the child. ..<.-
 FEThe general attendance during the past school year averaged the highest in 4 years. This was due no doubt to the improved health among i the children as a result of health education. "The removal of diseased tonsils and adenoids, attention to carious
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