Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-10-19 | Page 1 | American Red Cross Reviews Year Progress

I AMERICAN RED REDi REDCROSS i CRU CROSS REVIEW REVIES i YEAR PROGRESS Report Shows Nurses Nurs Nurs- es Cs Now in Active Service Expansion Is ing the Coming Year WASHINGTON Oct 18 By A. A I P. P More P.-More More than trained nurses are now enrolled in the nursing service of the American Americ meric n Red Cross according to the organIzations organIzation's organ organ- fiscal report for tor the year ended June 30 made public today This corps of qualified nurses the report added forms forms' a nursing re reserve reserve reserve re- re serve immediately available to the government in time tinie o of war epidemic or disaster Expansion of the Red Cross program program program pro pro- gram of supplying nurses to communities communities com cam having no other public health agencies the report said has been carried forward during the year ear with the placing of more than 1000 nurses in as many localities In addition to this number five maintained by a fund be bequeathed bequeathed bequeathed be- be I by Miss Jane A. A Delano wartime director of ot the Red Cross nursing service are on duty in Isolated isolated isolated iso Iso- sections of ot the country FIRST AID WORK First aid work by the organization tion the report continued was ex expanded expanded expanded ex- ex in an effort further to re reduce reduce reduce re- re duce the accidental deaths among workers yorkers in it mines factories and groups of people everywhere More than railroad ad have been given Red Cross first aid in instruction ih- ih in the last ten years and experience shows that the accident rate among Industrial workers who have had this instruction Is nearly 75 per cent less than among the un- un instructed The number completing first aid courses last year rear was or more than the previous year and demonstrations in first aid were given to approximately peo peo- pIe The Red Cross life saving sa corps now V counts about members members members mem mem- bers all of whom are well trained and able to rescue and revive a drowning person HOME HYGIENE In Interest r t in the c cf course f sene of the sick also has greatly increased The course alms aims to teach preventive measures how to keep well simple nursing methods methods methods meth meth- of caring for the sick in the home and also to assist In reducing Infant mortality by Instruction Uon Inthe in inthe inthe the care of Infants and children This year the standard of health was raised In the homes of ot children who were were given regular nutritiOn n instruction in the schools Thirteen thousand mothers attended classes home visits were made and consultations held heldon heldon heldon on special dietary ry needs and more than 1100 schools were assisted in furnishing hot lunches at t noon The fitness for service program of the Junior Re Red Cross links in closely with the health services as every everyone one of the school chool schoolchildren children who hold a it junior membership membership membership member member- ship is being taught the Importance of proper food and adequate exer exer- cise else The slogan every child a swimmer has been adopted and swimming Instruction is being carried car- car ried ned out enthusiastically in schools everywhere Following its custom the Red RedCross RedCross Cro Cross s will hold the annual this year from Armistice day to Th Thanksgiving day November 11