Show HANDICAPS CORRECTED BY RED CROSS NURSES in its ita far reaching crusado crusade tor for health tho the american rod red cross public health nursing service last year gave inspections to school pupils and mado other professional ft fess ss ional lonal visits As n i result physical handicaps la in school work such ne na malnutrition defective eyesight diseased tonsils and adenoids aden wore were corrected instructions in hygienic methods in caring for the sick included in the general health lessons taught in tho the thousands of homes visited by tile the hod cross public health nurses all those these services were carried on la in cooperation with I 1 physic physicians inns and health authorities there were red cross public health nurses on oil duty in tile the united unite d states and its possessions as of juno june 30 1931 of 0 these two vero in the state ot of utah health inspections ot of school pupils by the nurses in this state totaled 2619 while homo visits numbered for the most part the home visits were made in rural districts where the red cross has been the greatest force in developing its annual health program during emergencies such as widespread obide epidemics or sickness resulting from di disasters sa tho the red cross has a reserve of nurses upon whom it may call as those needs arise this group constitutes the official reserve of the united states army and navy and Is composed only of nurses who have attained the tha highest professional requirements |