The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-27
RED CROSS WORK
| IN HEALTH FIELD
Great Increase In Labor
Shown By Figures
REPORT JUST ISSUED
American Organization Has Ex-
tended Service Into Many
Foreign Countries
fAsssciated Press oi.patca-I

Washington, d. C., October 2S.---'
Great increase in tie amo.at OF
work done 1y the America, Rid
Cross IL the aeld o. public heath,
through its nursing service, bone
hygiene and care of the sick Sors-Sss.
nutrition activities, first aid ard life
saving classes, health centers and
other numerous methods, is disclos-
ed in The annual report of the orgari
cation tor the past fiscal year, which
has just been made public.
The increasing establishment OF
services that broad cast among the
people approved health cona4DsAtion
and disease prevention information
emphasizes the necessity of tonttnu-
Gus support through word wide
response to the annual roll call CT
the Society, from November IL to
20, the report states.
The war time nursing service OF
the American Red Cross when 1897
nurses were furnished for active
duty, has not been allowed to over
shadow the society'S peace time
service. Since 1921 there has been
an increase of more than one thou
sand nurses on the reserve lists
available for duty at any call. The
total number now aggregates 35,S55
nurses. OF this reserve 102 are serv-
ing with the army, III with the navy
162 with the u. S. Public Health
Service and 1,038 with the U. s. Vet
Grams Bureau.
Three Red Cross nurses died dur
ing the past year from disabilities
incurred in service in the late WAR;
Last year the society established
313 new public nursing services III
as many communities, making q to-
tai of 1,240 communities in the Unit
ed States, Alaska, the Philippines,
Porto Rico, Hawaii and Virgin Is
lands, instructing and demonstrating
in public health and education, as
well as nursing.
In the home visiting and nursing
service more than 100000 visits
were made by nurses, visits to
schools totalled 100000, and in SIX
months 1,250,000 school children
were inspected by these nurses. who,
in all cases of physical defects al
vised physicians care to parents.
Marked advance was reported in ru-
raj communities with thousands OF
converts won to approved methods
of disease prevention throughout the
country.
In home hygiene and care of the
sick instruction, which equips the
student in proper methods insur1ng
care where illness is not so serious
as to REQUIRE professional service.
the Red Cross conducted 1884
classes, enrolled 1856 instructefs.
93,44S students and issued 1855
certificates to those completing
courses,
The nutrition service, which is a
recognized factor In public. health
also made marked pro-
gress. This Red Cross service pro
notes individual and community
health by making available authen
tic information concerning food and
the food requirements OF different
ages in the varying conditions or
General Health Activities
In general health activities there
mort shows that chapters maintain
ed BIT health centers which provid
ed 3S.751 lectures. Clinics that spec
ialized in baby welfare work mum
bered close to 10000.
The record of accidental deaths In
the United States reached 81, 49, last
year. In striving for prevention or
untimely deaths the Red Cross
through it's first aid and life saving
activities is reaching many thou
sands of pers~-- The Red Cross
life saving corps has personnel OF
nearly 10 600 qualified in water first
aid. and throughout the year the So
ciety carried on wide campaign IN
teaching people to handle themselves
in the water and in life saving.
One of the most interesting phases
If American Red Cross work is the
activity of the Junior Red Cross. Al
though the society in July Withdrew
It's relief organization from Europe,
he Junior society has been author
Ized to continue its own activities
Indefinitely.
'In the last year the Juniors made
two outstanding gains. the report
declares. Zone in the domestic field
hat is rapidly linking up the schools
with the junior program, the other
n the gain of a dozen European
countries pledging to organize auto
nomously on lines of the Junior
American Red Gross"
The report shows 24,52S schools
in the junior society, with
! total of 4.I$S 845 pupils wearing
The T Serve" button. The Junior
work in foreign lands is establishing
school libraries, sewing
and manual training classes. homes
'or war orphans, school reconstruc4
ion in devastated areas and encour
aging community gardens and many
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