Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-03

A comprehensive report by the Au
i guSta public health nurse. Miss Jen
! ME l.. Balantyne, presented at the
| annual meeting of the Augusta Pub
! lie Health association at the Y. NJ.
| c. A.. Tuesday evening, indicated the
| splendid accomplishments during the
| past year. The officers and members
We're most encouraged and the new
| staff elected at the session last
' evening entered enthusiastically up
on their year of service. The new
| officers elected We're as follows.
President. Charles 5. Brown; vice
, presidents. Mrs. Norman L. Bassett.
and DR.. ID. T. Berube; secretary,
/ Ralph Weber.
| AS directors the following were
! elected; Mrs. Charles s. Pettingill,
Mrs. William r. Pattangall. Mrs.
! Percy. V. Hill. Miss Marion Diblee.
, Miss Gertrude Nelson, Mrs. Chrales
Dustin, Rev. Carl n. Garland, DR..
| Paul a. Cyr. Maurice Riley. Leroy +.
/ Hussey. Judge Robert A Cony,
! Charles +. 'Flynt, Mayor Ernest L.
| Mclean.
The report of the seal sale was
! given by Mr. Brown. the Chairman
| of the committee. 1t was voted 10 ac-
| cept this report with deep apprecia
| ton for Mr.. Browns splendid SER
| vices in raising a little over $500.
| the sum set for the sale. 1t was also
voted that letter of thanks be sent
! to hose who We're so influential and
! helpful in making the sale q success.
| The report of the nurse, Miss Jen-
| ME Ballantyne. was read and enthus-
| iastically accepted. 1t shows an eX-
al CT ~ 81 i Y q
work on the part of Miss Ballantyne
| and amply explains why all who have
/ come in contact with her have been
! so enthusiastic about heer activities.
| The report which emhodieS the ma
) Jor activities of the Augusta Public
! Health association, was as follows:
! we are entering upon Il new year.
! but we are also leaving behind a
year that before we can plan for the
| future must be recalled and thought
about. In the light of our experience
es of the old year and our New Year
! resolutions be strengthened and i'm
/ proved. / wish so much to give YOU
| a picture of the work that YOU have
! done through your nurse in 1925.
Needless to say perhaps, we have
| mad very tusy year. We are or
| gained to give the community a
/
! every form of public health endeav-
or, relief in sickness. instruction and
| demonstration for the well. with its
preventive and remedial clinics and
| conferences and the constant super
! vision for the control of disease all
| with the idea of making health and
happiness possible for everybody.
While we are thinking of what has
| been done we may also think of what
might have been accomplished and
the continued need.
In the past twelve months your
, nurse has made Nursing calls have
| included visits to give general nurs-
ing care, such as baths. dressings
and any special treatment the pa
! tlents may need which the doctor
has prescribed and there is no men,
Der of the family able to carry out
directions. During these nursing
| Calls careful instruction is given con-
corning the patients care during the
nurses absence. We have made 4S9
visits to cases not coming under the
service of the Metropolitan Life ms.
Co.
Since November 10 we have in
I creased the nursing service consider
ably by taking on the Metropolitan
Lie insurance Company service.
rms means that We receive calls
from any industrial policy holder in
the city and Hallowell. a service for
which the company pay us 75c for
every visit on that policy holder dur
ing illness. Calls can be continued
on the patient only at the consent
and under the direction Of the at
tending physician. 1t is a distinctly
valuable service, both to the COM
pany and the policy holder. Since
we have carried this work, we have
made 2Ol calls. With the union of
this highly important nursing SER
vice with that we are giving as an
association, most especially in emer-
gency and as particular need arises
we have increased at the same time
our educational efforts and broaden
ed our field of activity,
Our educational program is devel
oping with our nursing work and