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Show l'hlllppluoN, l'nrlo Ulco, iukI t ho Virgin Vir-gin IhIiiikIs. hud 1 1 o mo llynlt'tio rlnsMt'.s which allowed a largo In- Cl'l'llSl". Oho I'oiiliiliiitloii to imllonnl htuilth nohlrvlnn a growltiK riH-ognlUon 1b Ihn nutrition Instruction norvlco, tliroui'.li which thousands ' of ndnltH niul .school clilUli'on are learning the proper tooila for heiilth ami tho fundi.-mentals fundi.-mentals of correct food habits In relation re-lation to health. Clauses Include lioiiMuvlvcs, school children, foster-mothers, foster-mothers, policewomen, women having charno of homes and Institutions, business slrls and students In universities uni-versities and rollofroB. Besides these llroct services for holler health, the Red Cross enrolled reserve of nurses mounts to more than Ili.OOO. These, nurses sre avall-ahlo avall-ahlo for disaster relief service, epidemics epi-demics and other serious emergencies, emergen-cies, and are on call for duty with the Army, Navy and the Voterans' Bureau. Bu-reau. lied Cross health services nre Increasing In-creasing In scope, It Is pointed out. In calling attention to the forthcoming forthcom-ing enrollment of new membors In tho Red Cross ranks, through whose support nil Red Cross activities are made possible. Tho enrollment will take place from November 11 to 2-1. RED CROSS ADVANCES IN HEALTH PROTECTION Record for Progress Is Made in Protecting People of Vast ! Flooded Section, i Kivord health protective activities marked tho year's service of the American Red Cross In this Held. The outstanding health accomplishment was tho successful conclusion of the emergency health program launched ns part of the relief work In the Mississippi Mis-sissippi Valley tlood. In co-operation with State and Federal health agencies, agen-cies, the Red Cross successfully conducted con-ducted a campaign designed to prevent pre-vent epidemics as a result of Hood conditions. Thousands were Immunized against typhoid and smallpox, preveutlvo measures against malaria were undertaken, un-dertaken, and as tho flood receded an Intensive clean-up program was set In motion to purify water supplies, provide sanitary surroundings of rural ru-ral communities and complete other health protective steps. Beside the emergency work, tho Red Cross Tuhlic Health Nursing Servico developed about 100 new community com-munity nursing and health services throughout the country. Nurse Instructors In-structors and others operating under the Red Cross also extended training train-ing in Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick to both adult and junior groups, the latter In educational institutions in certain instances. Every State. Alaska, the Hawaiian Islands, thp |