Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-11-12
REPORT SHOWS
ACTIVITIES OF
HEALTH nurse
Red Cross Public Health Ser
vice Has Performed Great
Work in Brownsville the
Past Year

With a record of over loco nursing
and welfare visits. inspections and elm
les tn. Red Cross Public Health Nurse
Service in brownsville has surpassed all
previous records in the past year. Many
hundreds If cases have been treated,
sfures of homes have had sanitary con
ditions improved and several hundred
school rhildrcn have been examined and
various phys defects remedied n
result of the activities Of the Public
Health Nurse. with The aid Of the local
chapter of the American Red Cross and
the city of Brownsville.
When the drive for Red Cross mem
berships starts next "Wednesday. Browns
Vile people should bear in mind that il
j. through this drive and the financial
assi>taire given by the city of Browns
vile that the work IF this department is
msnt aimed" Red Cross worker re
marked last night. Pew Brownsville
people realize the great scope of this
work. the great service i; is rendering the
city. or the activities of Miss Brown.
the public health nurse hut those who
are in close touch with the work realize
its importance aud the necessity Of
Brownsville people assisting in every pos
sibls wsy in broadening its fields of
activity"
Miss Brown has compiled the follow
ing report which shows the work of her
department from November I. 1871. to
November I. 1922.
The report follows: Total number Of
eases visited 96T. Condition on dis
charge: recovered. $50: improved. IS.i:
unimproved ~: died. IS: nurse not
needed. GO Discharged: to family or
self. I'D: ia hospital. -: 10 ethrr cass,
13f. Record If visits mace: nursing,
1Ias: infant welfare. SIT: prenatal ~:
tuberculosis 80: schoolS. l2:;: home.
visits io choldren. 702: office treatment.
1o2; Attendance at clinics. 5Gi: sanitary
inspection visits. II: other visits: Char
ity home. hospital. detention camp. lo9:
child welfare 30: social scrvicc. I:;i:
total. lln2. Talks given. -: light calls
after y. m. f6.
Ages If patients treated: Under
years. .,6: To- q. 30: q to ~. ..i: over
~. 2>9. Nature "f eases: Prenatal. 81:
cbstetrical. ~: oprhalmia nconatorium.
4: pneumonia. lG; typhoid. =: tuherrr-
losis. e.: gastrc-intesiinal diseases Of in
fsntS. aI; wen babies under supervision.
16?: chronic illness. ~: surgical dressing
cns.s. ~: accident eases. II: al others.
1Gi. Finais.inl: hill rendered. $l::G: city
furnished transportation.
Child health conference. May > am
:: 96 chi dren. 10 years of age. Clric
total .6i; infants. ~: preSchool. -:
school. 2al: adults 80.
The report on school work i>: Total
number of defects found: Vision hny>.
IL: girls. -: teeth. hovs. .:,.I. girls. 2li.
tonSiiS boys ~. girls 2:s': mouth breath
ing. bows =; girls >: hearing. boys I6.
girls 26: ten per ceft or more under
weight: boys ~: girls -. Exclusions:
Coniunctivi;iS la: impctigo {: scahieS Is
Total number of defects corrected: Wis
ion. boys u. girls IL teeth. boys -. girls
Ii; ton>iis. bnys - girls Is: mouth
breathing. bows |. girls :: trachoma. boys
u. girls IL: skin. boys -. girls III.
Pupils i:sperted ~: class talks. 81
treatments IN school, 4. parent consul
fati"ns M school. :: sanitary insrpriinnS.
.: hours IN schools. III Remarks: Ma
ti"nal public health fairy Miss Arne
Raymond was here in March. and gave
her play to the children. aS well aS
talk ~ the teachers. Miss pinkney of
the state extension service: Miss Eman.
state nurse: Miss I'ickott of the South
western Division of the Red cros>. and
Mrs. McCormack If the Red Cross So
cial Srrvre and Mr.. ortcga "f the state
health department were visitors here
during the year.