The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-02-20
BY MARY FLORENCE JOHNSON

Inc next morning Invent 10 the
office TO meet the community man.
ager. The manager showed me the
nurses room.
II was bare. not even a fire in II
No furniture al all How 10 secure
equipment was troblem | was
living nine miles from the largest
town az no automobile available
for me TO drive. was informed az
ter getting to Ti.lery that il was
mistake in the contract, and that !
WAS 10 furnish my-own car.
The manager offered the big
truck TO me. This truck was used
to transport cows, hogs. and furni-
ture 10 the farm from the city
I drove this truck a month. Il was
heavy for constant driving over
the rough roads As / made my
visits, got a couple OF fish boxes
and large corrugated box 10 be
used in the nurses room. didnt
have any records OF the families
only the farm record The farm rec
ords were complicated as they were
sttached with typewriter pages OF
he leases and agreements OF what
he family possessed in a material
way.
While waiting for the rew family
folders to be sent from the F.S.S
supervisor whose headquarters
vas in Raleigh, n C., 1 made tenn
porary family folders that could be
used in the new folders. used one
fish box for records and communi-
cations. used a card table TO dis
play literature. The community
manager placed a table and chair
in the room. ] put Miss Florence
Nightingale's picture on the wall
A chart showing what the preg.
nant mother should eat. and an
other chart on protecting the child
from diphtheria were used. An oil
heater made the room more COM
Portable. A bare room was changed
- the nurses office and visitors
we're brought in TO see the office.
The development Of the Emer-
gency clinic 10 be conducted in
zone OF the vacant units. was
brought about because OF the minor
emergencies that came to the
nurses home to be treated. Emer-
gencies like scalp wounds at school,
cinders in the eyes, and stomaches
Tho regular clinic building had
been destroyed by fire. and the
office OF the Community Manager
closed at 5 pm.
The farm manager and home 81.
pervisor. together with the commu.
nifty manager, decided on unit 20 to
be used as an emergency clinic
since il was located near the school,
o. the highway.
The government furnished the
following articles: ! pair scales. ]
T erameied table, steFilizer.- kid
ney basin. wash basin and pit
cher. s rolls OF absorbent cotton. II
bottles Of alcohol, box each OF ap-
plicators and tongue blades.
nurses bag. dozen hand towels.
l waste receptacle, / bottle o.:
merthiolate. bottle OF aromatic
spirits OF ammonia. ! box OF roll
/ bandage, box OF roll gauge BAN
dage. pair scissors, instrument
pan. with tissue forceps. Alice
clamp and pair sponge forceps. so
yards OF white bleached muslin, J
large wooden table, donated from
the local project
The sheets FOR the clinic had 20
DE made. This was busy time for
( the farm ladies. Cotton chopping
season was on. The nurses means Of
| transportation was walking SO
made home visits as early as 100
am. in the morning while IL was
cool. and the afternoon was spent
making sheets al ore OF tie farm
homes Two Of the large girls who
had completed the home hygiene
course that | conducted al the TIL
( ery Chapel school, came in 20 help
ne There were SIX large sheets
made. Six draw sheets 70 be used
( IL delivery packs. pairs OF pill
low cases. 2 doctor gowns, pairs
0. leggins for the mothers, ! table
pad was made by using roll Of
quilting cotton and bed ticking. 3
small bags .or cotton balls, apron
covers nurses aprons Uniform
size. ? pairs OF curtains FOR the
windows
The community manager gave ne
permission 70 live in one room Of
: this unit which had five rooms
! prepared my meals there also
TIE people were nice. They kept
ne supplied with vegetables. her
RES. mix ard butter, meat. eggs
ard chicken Al a very modest price
I iJpe you will keep in mind as
you read this story that Il was
warm weather sno my mode OF
trans Jortation was walking. riding
sometimes. IL some OF the families
or farm agents were going in that
direction.
The prenatal clinic under the gu
pervislon Of the Health department
Nas conducted at the Ti.lery Chap.
G, school The community rurse
under the FSA.. assisted in the
clinic made home visits to every
prenatal on the project; communi-
cable disease visits; T-B contacts
Tor appointment 70 chest clinics;
visits to infants and pre-schools.
Fo,low-up visits 10 delinquents,
v. d. cases. in fact. each time q
person was sick on the project his
or her name was left Oh the nurses
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