Parowan Times | 1928-11-21 | Page 5 | Red Cross Nurses Aid in Hurricane Disaster

RED CROSS NURSES AID IN HURRICANE DISASTER 0 in g 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 0 calls calla to combat epidemics and in disaster work during the year just juat ending the red croas states their greatest task was waa in the re ilef following the west indies hurricane when 20 nurses were to florida and 32 to porto rico to assume charge of the health work there epidemic conditions were especially grave to la both places and inoculation of several hundred thousand persons persona had bad to be arranged in order to prevent spread of contagious conta gions nursing the injured the sick aged and young and caring for or the tha newborn were heavy tasks la in both areas the red cross nurses also were called upon for or work in epidemics in communities including the serious septic sore throat epidemic in new england and a typhoid epidemic in new york state more than red cross chapters throughout the hatibi operate nursing services which they support alto altogether getter or ln in part