Evening star., 1934-05-09
REPORT APPROVED
ON TUBERCULOSIS
Nurse Society Directors
Action Dissented to by
Only One, DR.. Fowler.

BY action of its board Of directors,
the Instructive Visiting Nurse Society
today had been placed on record as
unanimously approving the majority
report of the Special tuberculosis In
vestigating Committee appointed by
the District Commissioners as a re-
suit of disclosures by the Medical So
ciety of the District.
The report. approved yesterday by
the society, was signed by Dr. Prentiss
Wilson, president of the Medical So
ciety; DR.. William Charles White,
president of the tuberculosis Associa-
ton of the District; Dr. Joseph Pea
body, superintendent of District tuber-
culosis institutions; DR.. H. j. Crosson
of the Board of Public Welfare and
DR.. F. G. Smith of the United States
Public Health Service Only Dr. Will
liam c. Fowler, health officer, dis
sented. He filed a minority report.
$4,000 for Facilities.
The society further approved a
recommendation now pending before
Congress for a supplementary appro-
priation of $4,000 to enlarge the
Health Department. facilities by ap-
pointment of a special tuberculosis
health officer. together with full-time
assistants, part-time assistants. super
visors and staff public health nurses
and new X-ray equipment.
The society's action followed the
report of the Legislative Committee
submitted by Mrs. John Jay O'Connor,
who stressed the fact the legislation is
of vital concern to the Instructive
Visiting Nurse Society whose thou
sands Of patients are dependent upon
adequate facilities in the District.
both as to disqualification and clinical
service.
The treasurer's report was read by
the assistant treasurer. Charles w.
Pimper, who also reported on a spec
= ial study made of workmen's COM
pensation insurance by a committee
reviewing the problems related to the
work of the organization.
Mrs. Harlan F. Stone, chairman of
the Nursing Committee, reported
briefly for her committee and also on
the activities of the board members
section during the recent biennial
convention held here.
1886 Meeting Sought.
The board voted to send letter
to the Committee on Time and Place
Of the national conference of social
work, asking that this committee give
favorable consideration to Washing
ton as the 1886 meeting place. Ell
wood Street, Community Chest direc-
tor. is chairman of this committee.
The conference meets this year in
Kansas City and in 1885 in Montreal
Miss Gertrude H. Bowling. execu-
tive director of the society, told the
board the figures for April show that
1885 visits were made to 1922 pa
tients, divided into 4,378 families. OF
these families, "a per cent had work
ers unemployed. The staff were un-
able to give care to $50 patients dur
ing April
The meeting was presided over by
Mrs. G. Howland Chase, president,
and was attended by Mrs. Leonard A.
Block. Miss Elizabeth Bryan, Mrs.
Dwight Clark, Mrs Hutchinson Cone,
Mrs. Charles B. Crawford, Mrs. Whit
man Gross, Mrs. John w. Davidge,
Mrs. Frederic A. Delano, Miss Virginia
Hunt. Mrs. R. M Kaufman, Mrs.
Emory Scott Land, Mark Lansburgh,
Mrs. William B. Marbury. Mrs. Keith
Merrill George Myers, Mrs. Cresson
Newbold, Mrs. John Jay O'Connor,
Charles w. Pimper, Mrs. Ord Pres
ton, Mrs. John M. Sternhagen, Mrs.
Harlan F. Stone, Mrs. Charles Wilson.
Lloyd B. Wilson, Mrs. John Marvin
Wright. Richard Wilmer Mrs. John
M. Burke. J. Gerhard Wyckof and
Miss Gertrude H. Bowling