Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-22
NURSES settlement
!. : HAS SUCCESSFUL YEAR
1921 Best in History of 'Or-
@ganization, According to
Annual Report.
<e,111 vIsnrs PAID ny NURSES
Nearly 500 Patients Rccrivc Atten-
tion lerom Agent. of Mercy. Or
rEuniHn ton Ia Divided Into Three
Department

Never before has, tho Nurses Set
Element accomplishing SO much work
as In 1921. us was clearly shown ut
the annual moe tingl which took piuce
recently at the. Settlement House. 92l
Sonh Cherry Street, when reports
wero read from thesvurious branches.
This organization. which cares for
tho bodies, minds and morals OF tho
poor OF tho.citv, is comprised OF thrso
departments. each entirely separate
and tworkins with It's own directorate.
but cooperative md cohesive the
trip being the Instructive Visiting
Nurses Association. of. which Mrs
COB. Cowardin has, just been elected
president: the Social Workers. led
by Mrs. John Il. Cary ana the Glrls'
Auxiliary, with Miss Isabelle Carter
1.-THE head.
The VISITING Nurses in 1921 made
SILL VISITS 10 1890 patients In the
tnrteen districts into which the city
isy.divided. OK whom 3.72i were dis.
charged as cured or improved. as
MS unimproved and l64 died. the re.
maindcr still being under the care
or the nurses and carried into this
years report. Mons than a thousand
babies were brought into tho world
under the supervision of thes.
women. many OF their ars; clothes
being obtained fnom the settlement
and 2,2e9 of the other cases wore
chron!cs. There Is scarcely n ,yno
uisease which, the visiting nurses
W. Hot come In contact with, and
every call is answered promp,ly h,,,
tney never work ewcept,under n pbvs
icIap.
Fl Trained Nurses on st,N.
Iwenty-one trained women consu-
A IN Lit
being the superintendent. NIss
Juanita Woods; n supcryisinr nurse
eight white field nurses, one clerical
nurse, Two volunteer clerks four s,u
dents from tho School of Social Worb
and Publ" Heath and Ave co,ornd
nurses, OH" more colored nurse hay
ing been added this year. All these
N.Y. sts are graduates and registered
under the state Board of Examinera
These figures show that 4. 600 visits
are made cnch north and ,hat in
order TO meet the increased numh.r
oI,appcals two auTor obilcs ar. need
ed as time-s;Lvers, and more nurses
The association maintains also
nurses at Whitlock 's:factory, the LIZ.
insurance Company OF Virginia. the
metropolitan Life, the Chesapeal,e
and Ohio Railway and ut the Nndico,
college OF Virginia dispensary. all
Of whom make hundreds of home
visits as we'll rs caring for the sick
in their various institutions and
firms.
d. Maintain Settlement House.
Following the work OF the /. V y
A.come the social workers that main
TAN the settlement; house at llO4
West Cary Street, where hundreds M
people gather each month for classes
ctubs. the gymnasium WORK and other
features. Within the last six wears
the work of this group has grown
so that where one paid worker was
employed there are now SIX and that
whore in 1915 a small house was
rented for the settlement. now two
large double houses and a gymnasium
building are owned. the tota, yaluo
being $4,000.
The last of the nurses settlement,
trio IL the Girls Auxiliary, the chi.t
WORK of which is the maintenance OF
camp Harrison. whcrc-the children
o! thc poor. selected by the visiting
nurses, are given month each In
'af country. Last summer l2i chill
drtn benefited. in groups of arou,
iqrt%, the first and last consignment,
he!hg girls and the second bows. All
ranging N age from 10 II years