The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-19
NURSES ON GAIL
At ALL Times,
PLANNED
Visiting Society Work Saves
Lives Of Many, Declares
Or. G. Brown Miller

Maintenance Of a twenty-four-
hour emergency maternity service
with -nurses on call at all times ID
one Of the aims Of the Instructive
Visiting Nurse Society, which is
now conducting campaign for
$97 900 to meet the budget for the
next two years.
The fourth contribution Of 81 800
received in three days in the drive
of the Instructive Visiting Nurse
Society for $4,000 was reported
this afternoon at the daily meeting
of team workers in the Willard
Hotel.
The contribution was from Miss
Dorothea b. Denis, 1888 street
northwest, daughter Of the Rev
erend Edwin F. Ward Denis. The
contribution is to establish a
memorial nurse IN honor OF Miss
Denis mother, Mrs. Mabel Denis,
who died this summer.
The leading teams, according to
the report this afternoon are Team
Z, Mrs. Cresson Newbold, captain,
81 ,O32, and Team IS, Mrs. George
Myers, captain, $1,212.
During the past year a large per-
centage of the work Of the society
was In this field and the lives OF
many mothers and babies were
saved through the prompt attention
given these cases.
Some form OF maternity care,
either prenatal, natal or post:
natal, was given to 1915 patients,
SO ya,Y,.e,n., ,f etc x,0ntafxy r1vo,.a Varac
ent at 312 births. =
The chief field of service for the
nurses of the society is In the
homes of Washingtonians who can
not afford hospital treatment and
who cannot employ expensive
trained nurses. In these cases the
society assigns a. nurse to the case
with instructions to make weekly,
daily or twice daily visits as may
be required during the emergency
period before. during and after the
birth of the child.
Many Lives Saved.
To this service Is credited the
saving Of many lives which other
wise would be lost through lack Of
proper aLCenIlOn.
DIR. G.. Brown Miller, a leading
Washington authority on obstret-
RIGS. declared today that a large
percentage of mothers die from
toxemias following child birth, and
highly praised the service per-
formed by the society.
when It is realized that these
kaX 10 kNa
tically always in time to save the
life OF the mother and frequently
that Of the child, If competent at
tention can only be given the case,
the value OF the ante-natal care
given by the society's nurses win
be appreciated" DIR. Miller said.
ITO the instructive visiting nurse
must fall largely this prenatal
care Of those prospective mothers
who expect to be attended by phy.
sicians who practice among the
very poor and a large proportion OF
those who must go to the free
wards OF hospitals for care.
"The value of the visiting nurse
In the confinement at home a 30
apparent that further comment "a
scarcely necessary. The instruction
which the, nurse is able to give the
young mother is Of the greatest
value.
1.-THE value OF the Instructive
Visiting Nurse Is recognized by
many hospitals and her work IN
following up cases after they leave
the wards Isl becoming almost a
necessity. In no class OF cases a
she Of more value than in cases
Of Obstetrics"
The staff Of nurses employed by
the Instructive Visiting Nurse
Society has been trained in the
best schools and hospitals In the
United States and every nurse on
the staff Is a graduate.
The society is making every
effort to become self-supporting and
lis urging every patient who can
do so to pay the, 81 cents per
visit which is estimated as the
exact cost. The number of self.
supporting cases reported by the
society has increased from 30.S. per
cent to 1872 per cent during the
past year.
1t is believed that after 1925 the
society will be self.supporting and
will not be compelled to make
further appeals to the public for
aIirport