The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-13
COUNTY RED CROSS.
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supervisor of nurses for the Red Cross.
and Miss Faith L. Yeaw. executive sec
rotary of Windham County chapter, a.
eX-oticiO members. Miss Sanderson will
accompany Miss Yeaw to Boston to at
tend the spring conference of the New
England division. which viii be in ses-
sion Thursday, Friday and Saturday
next week.
Miss Sanderson, who will work in the
southern district, Is native of Maine.
She graduated from the Central Maine
General hospital, was superintendent o.
the Waldo County hospital in Belfast.
Me-, two years and was supervisor of
nurses in the Western Maine sanitorium
in Hebron, Me, three years. She took
public health course of the New Haven
Comm Visiting Nurses association in
cooperation with Yale university and
has been doing tuberculosis work in this
state since August. 1920. She viii have
headquarters in Brattleboro.
The second nurse will be put into the
field as soon as q suitable person can be-
found. Her headquarters viii be in
TOwnshend.
The county will be divided into two
districts to be known as the West River
Valley district and the Southern district
Brattleboro and Townshend, the two
places nearest the center of the respec-
tive districts will be headquarters for
the nurses. The Southern district vii
include Wilmington, Nottingham, West
Dover, Marlboro. Halifax, Guilford
Vernon, Dummerston, Putney, West
minister and the rural sections of Brat
tleboro. The West River Valley district
viii include Londonderry, Windham
Grafton, rural sections of Rockingham
Athens, BroOkline. TOwnShend, Jamaica
Wardsboro. Newfane and East Dover.
While the financing of the project Is
an important one, inasmuch as the bud
get for the first years work will amount
to S6734, it is expected that it practi
cally viii be taken care of by the various
branches. the Thomas Thompson trust
and individuals who may be interested
in the forward step. Meetings have
been held with the various branches dur
ing the past six weeks. the project being
favoraby and enthusiastically received
by the existing Red Cross committees,
and all but three branches have ac-
cepted. The three branches doubtless
viii be heard from favorably soon. G.
7. Stickney, chairman of special fl
nance committee on the nursing project.
viii start a campaign soon to raise 3d.
600 to supplement the money raised by
he branches and promised from the
Thompson Trust fund.
The budget includes the cost of buying
an automobile for each nurse, also fol
a reserve fund Of $500 to be used as 2
general emergency fund for the work o.
the nurses and for health work.
The plan Is to have a local committee
II CoGH lOND.- 1HtSe committees VIII
assist by reporting 10 the nurse on the
work in that town. In connection with
the work of these committees it is hoped
that a study of town wants in regard
to health matters may be made in then
respective towns. Uniform reports on
the needs of each town viii be asked for
at the end of certain periods the results
cf these reports being used as a basis
for the program for the second year OF
the nursing service so that the service
may be in accordance with the wishes
of the various towns.
A summary Of the duties of each nurse
insofar as it can be made in advance
follows:
First-Emergency work in the county
Each nurse will be on call for any emer
Pency. sickness or epidemic and if con
ditions warrant the administrative com
mlttee may specify that both nurses
shall be on duty in the same district OF
in the same town at the same time.
Seeond-The nurses are to supervise
attendants sent out by the Mutual Ait