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Show RED CROSS NURSES AID IN HURRICANE DISASTER In addition to their year around work in the Public Health field, the Public Health nurses of the American Red Cross have answered a number of calls to combat epidemics, and In disaster work during the year just ndlng, the Red Cross states. Their greatest task was In the relief re-lief following the West Indies hurricane hurri-cane when 20 nurses were despatched to Florida and 32 to Porto Rico, to assume as-sume charge of the health work there. Epidemic conditions were especially grave in both places, and Inoculation of several hundred thousand persons had to be arranged In order to prevent spread of contagions. Nursing the Injured, the sick, aged and young and caring for the newborn were heavy tasks in both areas. The Red Cross nurses also were called upon for work In epidemics In communities, Including the serious eptlc sore throat epidemic in New England and a typhoid epidemic in New York jtste. More than 6S0 Red Cross Chapters throughout the nation operate nursing services which they support altogethar or In part. |