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Show 1 RED (ROSS NOTES t ' HOlSE-TO-MOrSE (ANY SS FOR M "USES. Have you a nurse in your family?' The government wants to know. All Red Cross chapters in this territory and other parts of the state have been instructed to conduct con-duct a survey or census of nut. thru a house-.o-hou:ie canvass. This surrey, which will occupy the week of October 80, will be undertaken at the instance of the Si cretary of War and the Surgeon General of the U. S. Army. The questioiinair system will be employed to father the necessary ne-cessary data. The nurse surcey has a double purpose. While primarily intended intend-ed ns a means of directing a proper withdrawal of nurses for Army and Navy needs, the government also bus in mind the health nnd general welfare of th( civilian population. The government must have 25,000 nurses by January 1. In order not to utterly deprive the civilian population of the nation of the professional services of these women, it becomes necessnry to take stock of all avail- ftbll BUI N timber at this time, so that. ;.n Squal distribution of them may be mad. . Every nurse is comprehended LM.iduate, undergTaduate, registered. unregietered, pupil nurses, nurse ! aides and the very large number ,1 Called semi trained nurses. whirfEJjfr, 'include practical nurses, midwivoskr and trained attendants. A complete : classification of these women will be made. Every family '..ust co-operate I with the Red Cross Nurse Survey ! reprcM-iuitivcs n order to mnkc this canvas a success. The request of the Secretary of j War and the Surgeon tieneral -EV I mounts to an order, so that the Red Crosa, as well as those embraced by the survey, must do everything possible pos-sible to provide the required data and information. Every lied Cross Chapter has been , instructed to appoint a Nurse Survey Sur-vey committee to carry out this important im-portant work. J. 0. Arnold of Denver Den-ver is the Mountain division direi - tor. . |
