Times Independent | 1928-11-08 | Page 5 | Red Cross Nurses Aid in Hurricane Disaster

RED CROSS NURSES AID IN DISASTER i in addition to their year arand work in the public health field the public hearl nu aes of the american red cross have answered a number of calls to combat epidemics aid in disaster work during the year just ending the red cross states their greatest task was in the relief following the west indies burr cane when 20 nurses were to florida ami 32 to porto rico to assume charge of the health work there epidemic conditions were especially grave in both places and inoculation ot several hundred thousand cerbins had to be arranged in order to prevent spread of contagious contagions conta gions nursing the injured the sick aged and young and caring tor the newborn were heavy tasks in both areas the red cross nurses also wera called upon for work in epidemics in communities including the serious septic sore throat epidemic in new england and a typhoid epidemic in new york irate more than red cross chapters throughout the nation operate nursing services which they support altogether or in part