Show RED GROSS CROSS ADVANCING IN HEALTH CAMPAIGN extends service to now fields and brings healing hope to remote sections the tha supreme opportunity tor for leadership tor for the american red cross Is its health service thus a committee mado made up of 0 prominent physicians san itar it arians lans and public health exports experts atter months ot of exhaustive study TO ro i ported and urged that not only should the nod lied cross continue its present service BerTl ce but should undertake a comprehensive educational campaign along publio public health lines the annual report ot at the american Aia arloan red cross just issued dise discloses loses that it has grasped this opportunity in the fields ot of public health in in home hygiene and care ot of the sick alck nutrition work first aid to the injured and in water lifesaving life ufa saving health service to is fundamentally historically and practically an important unction function ot of tho the red cross and each year marks its extension into now new fields and along broader unos unes in the red cross nursing service thoro there are enrolled nearly nurses of 0 whom served during the tha world war thep the past ast year red bed cross nurses were assigned to duty in isolated sections ot of alaska and north caro una line and to work amons among tho the fishermen ot of penobscot day bay me ma the tha public health nursing service inaugurated by the lA american merican red cross in 1912 which operates chiefly in rural sections untouched by other public health agencies h laa 1038 rod red cross nurses working under the direction of chapters this work has won woh so high a regard that many ol of the nurses are taken over by the local authorities to maintain health services vices tor for their communities instruction in rome homo hygiene and care ot of the sick Is noting a steady advance since 1914 certificates ot of proficiency have been given women who completed the rod red cross croas course in the last year certificates wore were awarded and students wore were under the instruction ot of 1054 red cross nurses the benefits derived from meals balanced to moot meet each parsons peculiar needs to Is winning widespread recognition tion through the work ot of the rod red cross nutrition Ser sercios vios particularly in tho the schools daring tho the fir school hool year carried on regular instruction in nutrition reached more thin than children and adulte mors more than 2250 volunteers assisted in this work throughout the tha country health meetings were hold held under red cross auspices attended by approximately persons |