New Britain herald., 1930-09-04
domestic help; baby's formula. SIS Total, S45

 domestic help; babys formula, SIS. Total, s45.
 '"The nurse has attended several meetings during the year; tha.1le England Health institute, thdVRed Cross convention, the Tuberculosis institute. the Maternity institute, and the monthly meetings of the social service workers of New Britain.
 Three visits with the Girl Scouts of kensington were made to assist in teaching bandaging.
 There have been many donations of worn clothing, baby shoes and supplies for the nurse which were gratefully received throughout the year.
 At Christmas time the Mother hood club of Berlin, with a gift of S5, tho Stanley Works, which gave S25, and three individual donors who gave sS2 more, made it possible to who were needy. Worn clothing, toys, books, food, candy and fruit poured into T. A. B. hall where for two days before Christmas a great many women and girls helped wrap and deliver to the homes the gen. erous gifts which were sent in. Eight families were given dinners.
 Two families were assisted with clothing, some furniture, also food and money after fires which destroy ed their homes. The school children helped materially in this work, as well as friends in Berlin and Meri- Gen,
 Free beds were found for one week in the New Britain hospital for four children of one family who were diabetic. The doctor asked if it be possible to do this in order to get various tests. A free bed was also procured for a girl who needed an operation. The nurse wishes to thank the members of the hospital board in Berlin for their very kind cooperation in these families; also the New Britain hospital for it's helpfulness on-all occasions.
 Very respectfully submitted,
 VIOLA L. SNYDER,
 Visiting Nurse"
 A detailed account of the nurses activities is given below:
 School visited, 194; children in class room inspected. 3,151; indi- vidual children inspected. 2,4S5; children with defects, 50; children excluded for pediculosis, 3; chil- dren excluded for skin diseases. [; children excluded for symptoms of communicable disease. 31: children reported to health officer, 46; chil- Gren reported to family physician, [: children who had defects cor rected. 5: treatments at school, 45; Parent consultations at school, ,; sanitary inspections of school and premises, 1: class talks, 5, home visits to school children, o1S.
 The itemized report of discovered defects is as follows:
 Vision 5S CT corrected; eyes, F; ears, ?; hearing. C corrected); nose, 1 throat, o7 -(7 corrected; heart symptoms of disease, 3 Great ed); glands, 1 (goitre) Created ct Hartford dispensary); posture, ,; for height, 103.
 School Enumeration Increases
 While definite figures on the school registration will not be avail able for a few days, Miss Mary Gris- wold, local superintendent, has stat ed that practically all schools and grades show slight increases over the registration of last June
 Complete figures are available for practically all of the schools except the Kensington grammar school where there is some delay. Parents of children entering the first and second grades of this school evident ly are laboring under the false im- pression that the school term has not started as many of the young sters in these grades have not been reported as yet.
 Then, too, there are a number of youths between the ages of IA and 16 years who have been given certl- ing during the summer vacation who are reported as being still employ cd. To the parents of these chil- dren the school authorities wish to sound the warning that continued violation of the proper use of such certificates will be punishable. The number of cases of this nature is reported to be in the neighborhood