The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-31
Defense Work Tops
 Red Cross Program
Same Amount of Space Being Used Now as in World
 War Period; Schmuck Elected Vice=Chairman

The Naugatuck chapter has mail- ed letters to over 160 parents of To- cal men in active service in the U. s. armed service, listing the services that can be rendered. Twenty-one contacts with field officers have been made and 13 active service cases handled.
 A local survey of nurses, both reg istered and retired, seemed advisable when the First Aid and Home Nurs- ing group were being listed in the defense program, Miss Keefe's re- port continued. A quessionnaire was sent to. all registered nurses, ask ing which group they would be will ing to serve with and when. Some Fail To Reply "A list of 75. were sent out and only 8 replied, most of these being in the retired and married group, Miss Keeffe stated, asserting the private duty nurses here failed to reply. They are indeXed however and should the need arise, it would be simple to locate them at once, she added.
 There were a total of 3,671 nurs- ing visits made by the Red Cross nurses, the nursing visits made by the Red Cross nurses, the nursing report, made by Miss Catherine A. Brooks, showed. This is an average of more than 10 day for an entire year. A total of 299 persons were re- ferred by the welfare department and $1,223.15 was collected in fees.
 Because of number of mothers have returned to industries, there has been a decrease in the number attending the well baby conferences. Total attendance at these was 413.
 Dr. E. E. Williams, attending phy- sician at these conferences, is now in the U. s. army, and at the pres ent time there is no doctor to aid in an advisory children.
 A total of 32 children were re- ferred to the eye clinic and II ob- tained glasses, Miss Brooks reported. She further said that with cases of tuberculosis the nurse tries to bring all contacts to the clinic for x-ray examination, permission first being obtained from the family physician. Isolation of the patient is super vised and this year 29 x-rays were taken, 5 patch tests, eight were transferred to sanitoriurns and 55 contacts were cared for.
 A survey of the Naugatuck valley is being made to secure information on the prenatal care obtained by mothers who were delivered during March, April, May and June, 1941, Miss Brooks reported. This has been approved by the local physicians and the public health organization. It is a f1ve-year program and has just been completed in Windham Coun- ty.
 Had Balance
 This report of Treasurer Frank Eaton showed that the chapter re- ceived $18,866.O3 and spent $15,698.1 IS leaving a balance of $3,167.88 as of October 1. However, this included some bequests it will not ordinarily receive, the treasurer pointed out.
 The receipts included: balance on hand, October 1, 1940, $2,343.51; 1; memberships, $4,770; contributions, regular expense, $6,999.87; sale of supplies, $13345; clinics, $17.55; nursing department, $2,O1S.60;' tu- berculosis relief, $25; junior Red Cross, $130.67; thrift shopt, $569.83; i; interest. $94.34; dental clinics, $55.3O; Red Cross seals, $1,334.56; war re- lief, $6.93; miscellaneous, $366.52.
 Expenses were: Junior Red Cross $222.23; home service. $1 300; nurs- ing department. $3,236.73; tubercu- loSis relief. $1,269.95; administrative expense, $3,332.84; miscellaneous ex- penuse, $628.33: membership. head quarters, $2,75797; home hygiene, $76.40: first aid, $88.85; dental clinics $673.26; retirement system, $543.86 S; roll call expense, $7.50, war relief, $1 .o6o.23.