Evening star., 1924-11-16
NURSE FUND DRIVE
BEGINS TOMORROW
Society to Have Assistance
of 500 Workers in Task
of Raising $4,000.

The Instructive Visiting Nurse So
ciety Of Washington. whose 500 work
erS viii tomorrow morning begin
their canvass of the city to raise
$97 900 to complete two-year budget
of $4,000. IS this year celebrating
the 25th anniversary of its organi
cation. During this period it's nurse 8
have made about 100000 visits to
$4,000 patients. The total for last
! year was 57222 visits to 7.5l5
patients.
In 1900 there were only nurse s
| who visited 1851 patients and made
1864 callA Today there are 30 nurses S
and supervisors. although. ac-
! Cordtng' to the report made by the
American Public Health Association.
| Washington SHOULD have at least ESQ
| visiting nurses.
The society is responsible for start
! ing school nursing in Washington. 1t
began the nursing Of tuberculosis
{ patients in co-oneration with the
+ ruha rculosis Association and has CO.
operated with practically every or
gauization in Washington which is
i cnga ged in social or welfare work.
More Than Half Free.
according to the report OF the
| Associated Charities, a request was
/ made for the service of visiting
nurses in nearly one i'll every four
] families under its care said Mrs.
| Whitman Cross, president Of the So
! Ciety, at headquarters yesterday.
! About 60 per cent of the patient s
! cared for by the Instructive Visiting
! Nurse Society are nursed free of
/ charge, although the cost per visit
! is only 81 cents.
1T has been pointed out that the
| salary of the average clerk in Wash
! ington permits him to remain only
| about two or three weeks ahead Of
| poverty or financial assistance of
/ some kind particularly in the case
IF illness. 1t is largely 20 IN eet the
{ CeedS of this class that the Iustruc-
/ tive Visiting Nurse Society is max ing
It's appeal. In most cases. they can
I pay at least part Of the cost and
/ the remainder is made up through the
"ampaign sum for which the workers
re now asking.
/ Another important group is the
mothers who have spent themselves,
I because they have given without ros
I ervation to their children and to their
! homes, and they now need nursing
( attention sometimes through con-
! siderable period of time Some times
! sickness is largely due TO worry and
/ worry has been the cause of death
when some disease has been written
. IN the death certificate. In such
| cases nobody can discover the cause
I of Illness quite as well as trained d
nurses, and their experience and
/ knowledge Of the sources of health
| come TO the rescue OF their patients.
| Winter Demand
! with Winter just ahead. with it's
| pail of pneumonia and influenza and
! tuberculosis. there will be a constant
! ly increasing demand for the visit
/ ing nurses. Partly on account of
! this situation, which is already be-
! ing felt, and because of the publicity
! given the campaign of the Instruc-
J tive Visiting Nurse Society, the calls
| for nurses have practically doubled
+. during the past week
The 81 teams which will solicit
! funds have been divided into three
groups - first, civic organizations
second. church organizations: third.
! members of the board and their
! friends.
Division No. is under the direc-
! ton of Mrs. Cary T. Grayson; divi-
! sion No. ,, under Mrs. Eliot Wads-
| worth. and division No. $, under Mrs.
/ G. Brown Miller.
There are still some teams which
! have not quite enlisted their full
! quota Of 10, and a call is sent out
/ TO those who desire to assist to apply
avenue, where volunteer workers as
! well as contributions will be well
! coined during the campaign.