"FEBRUARY 1.192s y EXTENSIVE (continued from Pale l)

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President's 399°"

‘ t of the “flowing is the rewr D President,’ m. H. D. Johnson.

“m, nnd Gelrtlemem-You I remember that at Our annual em 1 spoke of the change that w, “ken place in our work: how m, Dgplrblllulir of Public Health W; taken over our Public Nurses. _ mg placed them under the Chief goalth Officer of the Province; re- ‘Wn; u; of the responsibility of mi, upkeep, while the work was “n, by them as before, under the “motor of Health, who is as you ,1; know our Secretary, the Hon. m MwcMlIlan. Their work ts be- m; efficiently done, and I am sure m, people will note that success ’ g ettending the efforts of these “m”, 51111 under the capable "guidance of our’ Chief Nurse, Miss Mo“; W11S011.

11in health of ouf young people

mgy be sa'd to be the foundation

"pm which the happiness of our

dtigeflS rests: and to that end we

m therefore doing all we can to ‘W those children who are handi-

; and also we__ are trying to up the general Health of the wit; people, through the Junior Mi cross. ~ we have continued our work molly throughout the year, though our finances have been dwindling; and our collections were mout a thousand dollars less than in the previous year.

we would I fear have been badly h debt. on account of our crippled, wliildren if the Rotary Club had not wine to our assistance to the extent ifw0000. We had over $900.00 on‘ lurid at the beginning of the year, ms the donations from our Junior members were over $600.00.

We expended over $2,500.00 leav- ing g balance of a little over $100.00 Iii our Junior Red Cross account.

. ihope you will take this to heart ind ensure that we will have suf- ficient funds donated to us to eon- iinue, and if necessary, i. ase viii; wonderful health giving work. lwish at this time to tell you that ill through our Province the medi- in! men have assisted us in every 113011110 ‘way, and without any niurge to us. Operations have been {.y;formed; treatments have been en where needed, and all entirely bout receiving any pay, or even iny public acknowledgement. We .rlinuid at least thank them; and though it is with some diffidenee, 1 doso now. ’ You will receive the financial iirtemcnt from our Hon. Treasurer, ,lir. D. A. MacKinnon, who, I-wlsh ‘you to know, has been of great as- iiiiiince to our Society for many mrs, in faithfully guarding and mounting for our Funds. Our lion. Secretary, Dr." MacMil- iin, will present to you his report on the work done during "the year, iolshall not dwell on it. - V our Director of our Junior Work. llirr Catherine McLean, will give Ml her report, which will show en- iliuslasiic and intensive endeavour, Jill-i such results as always follow M work, well done. liiss MacDonnell our Masseuse, ilachsrge of our Corrective Clinic, is thing splendid work, and her efforts .lrt being crowned with success. N111 do not you who are interested and see her at her work? I am i you would be welcome; and I In also sure your sympathetic heart Iuild be warmed, as you would see .11" eagerly the children look for- Vlrii to their turn for exercises and llluegc. so they may soon be able 11°11“ and play as other of their lit- lil friends and companions can. - Of our Secretary and Office Man- lltr. Miss lphigenie Arsenault. we lust say that she is entitled to great illbe for her work. She has shown if to be hardworking. efficient, 1W1 Ohllillns. and very Wlluiar with l» young visitors; and her office $111101; list is a large one. keeping 11°11’ busy. Miss Mona Wilson, V110 is always with us in spirit, still 11in charge for us, of our Crippled ‘Wflrcns’ Clinics conducted by Dr. M: and we feel deeply grateful r. . Dr. Ackcr is giving us a great ser- , Jhd we appreciate his splendid ‘Wi- Wc wish to thank all service lllnizations and other voluntary "miners who have given freely o! M‘ 111110 to help us many way bugle; Ind we thank the rms Mufti: interest. and for giving ua , y for our Meetings, and re- ‘mms other interesting news rela- 1o Red Cross work. q lnih, on behalf of our Society. to "'1 l" You 800d friends who have to thismeeting; and hop! you tuntinuc increasingly aa our y ers, financially and every ‘mm Ileedful way, so that cm- Edwarc nuns Division of ‘m. Wlnadian It“ cm" gwmy I be kept on doing the greatest l1" lhe world for the world; "Y- 1hr improvement of health: liltlventlonv of disease; and the 91°“ of suffering throughout

v "llmlffa Ioport

rotary present“ u“ “no,” _ port: n‘ ‘e

I "1511 10 submit the annual re. port of the Secretary for thr: pm year.

9'11" mlfly and continue-j pros. reas chacterized the work oi this Dwum m’ u“ Y"? ill-it closing. 51* 111M918! of the Executive were M14- Ihd oi: those will attendfci mQNU-"B matters 0f programme "14 Ifiheral welfare were consider. ed» ""1 “"1911 911 succemfully.

Financial Cumpflln

M May 11th.. ‘was British p...- Dirc Red Cross Day our nnnuni Fiulhvlll and Membership can,- Pfliim was launched on that day- The total amount collected was $2,048.01 which was $1,066.13 15; than the previous year's returns. As in the other years a committee of ladies and gentlemen undertpok 111° 11°11“ to 11°l18e and the busi- nas mens canvasp in chnrlogu- towiL. The members of the I. O. D. E., conducted the Campaign in Summerslde, and in the Country Districts. ‘The school teachers. and the members of_ the Women's In- stitute caine to our asistance.

National Emergency Appeal

The National Emergency Fund which was raised by the Canadian Red Cross Society at the request of the Prime Minister beglnnh-ig De- cember 1931 yhted to. $904.74 in this Province; of this amount $449.37 was sent to our National Headquarters for distribution to sufferers in the Western Provinces. ‘The $446.19 remaining was admin- istered in our Province for the following: 204 orders were given to 102 families: gwoeries to 210; quartof milk daiily to 15 fail-lilies for three months} and three pairs of boots. The Junior Red Cross and the Crippled Chlldrenswork are the two great problems ‘ the attention of the Red Cros Society in P. E. I. It is not necoir sary for me to dwell at any lend-h upon the great value of the Junior Red Cross and what it meals "t0 Health and Education. ‘That phase of our work will be dealt with in detail by our energetic and bril- llant supervisor Miss Maolcan. who is making such a Wonderful success of it in our schools. Our Provincial Department of Educa- tion fully r-esfiigeg the value ofaild merits of this work, and the Chief Superintendent of Education. M1‘- I-f. H. show, has often referred tn it, in our Annual 3690116 °1 111° Department of Education-

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Crippled f‘ ildreas

In my humble opinion the 5111*‘ oat triumph of the Rfid CF05! 50¢‘ My 1n this province, has been its acknowledged wonderful success 1h Crippled Children's Work, and we have now reached this point in the progress of that work, that we are how in touch with m0"? °1 m" crippled childrerrper 001911.!- 111m any other Province in Canada. The credit of this work rests primil-TUY with Miss M0119. Wilson, formerly Chief Red icross Nurse, and now Chief of the Public Health Nursing Staff of the Provincial Dtpl-fh’ merit of Public Health. and. 1D that splendid and brilliant ortho- pgdlc surgeon, Dr. T. B. Acker o! Halifax who c1008 1119 ' " M the ‘work s11! W915 W“ Wm“ twice a year to P. E. I. and. b01615 clinics in Charlottetown and Suin- merside which are iricreasins 111 numbers and value. This work i8 carried on with the active and ‘Wnplthgflg cO-OPBTENIOII of every member of the Medical Profelfw“ in P. E. L, and of the thNQ 8911"’

'31 Hospitals who have Riven a 81°“

deal of flee service treatment and nursing red cross oases. The e1: mum, 1n the surgical cases wou be djgappointed and bid. 11 u" pggg-opcratlv! treatment and mass. ssge was not per-WWI"? 1nd 1“ telligently carried out.‘ I-lld W‘? “e fortunate in having on our staff a most gpltllildid and efficient mass- euse Mlss MacDonald. W1“) 11°” this important and “m” "m ‘° m, complete satisfaction of Di’- Acker.

M, in, Clinic held iesi APl11- l“ examinations were madc bl! 9'" Acker. 102 children. and 46 admit. 21 children reporlius f" the time. l4 cperhtiill" ""1 mmmml" flan‘ were done besides the usu§1 treatments. The Fall 011111“ W" a repetition of the earlier one. and. In “l wore ddllt with.

This la a far reachins 9°11" °f wou” m ‘mo, wonderful field of lervicg which Miss wllsons 501111!!! and foreallht ensued i" P- - " about s years no. and it»! ""11" w hummw mg tho state can never be adequately measured °l 'PP'°°' INCH. ' -

T“ gust service Clubs the Rotary. and ovw M" "l" "1“"' beh'nd this work. and each veer they contribute sputum‘? l" m’

Dr- W- J. e. ruearmeh, in, m.

and most sympathetic. There

our efforts so successful.

Junior Red Cross

Supervisor of i Junior work:

19323- -

dren ln all countries.

Membership

trihutioiiflrhe Press is unooasing in 11$ 500d work of’ reporting and broadcasting our work. and the Public are univerlally interested

aro" other matters of routine, I might review, but as this report is now rather lengthy I will close by expressing the thanks of this Division in all who 1° smerously supported during the past year, and who have made

The following report Wls ‘prg- sented by Miss Catherine Maobean, Red Cross

I herewith submit the report of the Junior Red Cross for the year,

Junior Red Cross is organized for the purPOIe of inoulcating in the lives of children the ideal of peace, and the practice of service, espec- ially in relation to the care of their own health and that of others, the understanding and 30609141101. civic and human responsibility, and the cultivation of a spirit of friend- ly helpfulness towards other chil-

We are pleased to be again able to report a large increase in mem-

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THE CHARLOTTETOWNIQUARDIAN

health rules. The majority of the branches have raised funds for local purposes such as the imivruvlnz 01 school property and equipment, the financing of school fairs and the providing of medicine. clothing and food for the needy in 11191!‘ Wm communities. Valentina and East- er cards have been made for our patients and at Christmas time 554 sifta were provided for the children under our care. Another Branch ic- tivity is the making of layettes. 1932. eleven sets of baby clothes were furnished to needy families. In the international health poster canrpetitioh conducted by the Cari- adian Red Cross, a poster f Rochforu , I School was lnclu - ed in the Canadian posters forwar - ed to Paris, France. The exchange of portfolios is being maintained in tlfe interests of‘ international friend- liness. Durng the year, Island groups sent twenty portfolios re- ceiving others in exchange from Australia, Belgium, Creche-Slovakia, France, Hungary, Japan, Poland. New Zealand and in the United States from Louisiana, Michigan, Tennessee, Ohio and Illfnois. Donations to the Handicappm Children's Fund have increased t year but, due to existing financial conditions, not in the same ratio as the membership although m y L hes have made an extre ‘ly creditable showing. On the other hand the number of demands on our fund has tncreased because our

extent of "the hand having been Daralizlzd, who, nfter continued pat- ient and persLstent training, has Nsained partial use of the hand. Many postural cases have been cor- rected by supervised exercises and many foot troubles relieved by

Another victory is that of a cripple. 11°1l>1¢$51i' bedridden for nine years, who after manipulation by Dr. Ack- er and two years treatment by Miss MacDonncll going to her horn-c in the country, has gradually reached the stage of being able to get around oil crutches, and who when 1'11? Weather is fine can enjoy the advantages of attending the clinic in town. Our new clinic room is l! 501110’: of delight with its hot 811d cold water facilities which en- 31910 1110 carrying out of saline 1751113 for such cases as paralysis.

The physical needs of our crippled children liavc been much more adequately met than their other need-h‘. but lllc medical care alone Cflilliflt 0'.‘ considered final as gen- Orfll cdili-aiioil and vocational guid- ance are necessary to complete the programmr. Some arrangements have been made in the past for bedside teaching and vocational oc- 911171111311 0.’ crippled children and it is hoped that greater facilities Will be available in the future.

Conclusion

In carrying on our Crippled Chil-

"Bhlihi; in proper weight bearings

iberflhlp. an increase made possible by the hearty rip-operation receiv- ed from the educators of the prov- lrc- teacher , principals, supervis- ors, and the Superintendent of Edu- cation. For the school year ending June 30, 1932, we had 392 Branches and 9,707 members; an increase of 126 branches and 3.640 members over the number reported for the preceding school year. Flor several years our province had the highest percentage of increase in Canada. We have now been notified that for the last school year our division had a larger increase 1n actual num- ber of branches than, any other

work is becoming better known e because many parents- are unai at present to finance treatment their children. We are therefore

trernely grateful to the Rotary

Gyro Clubs for their veiy generbus assistance in the form of large and timely donations.

Handicapped Childrcns Flllll]

Besides financing thc clinics for crippled children the Junior Red Cross has in 1932 provided treat-

nd ale for 2x- nd

dreifs work we are deeply indebted 1S0 Miss Wilson, Director 0f Public Health Nursing, for her organiza- tion of the clinics and for her ss- sistance in investigating cases and in solving the many problems that arise.

,We wish also to express- our ap- preciation to the members of the medical profession, to the hospitals and to thc optometrists for their gcilcrous co-opcration.

Tlic thanks of the Society arc clue the iilanyfriendg who by their’

province. For the present school

to December 31st.

In this conne -“

ed this year augurs well f future of Junior Red Cros province.

gramme. Iii June we were honored

Graduate Nurses’ Associatlo

n“. r.v

u and

is two grades in Prince School, those tausht by Miss

organized for ten consecutive

posters and a 11691111 was displayed in our booth

thousand people were and measured.

oi-s’ Conventions where an

ally, During the autumn

to receive information. 2,018

535 pieces sent out. Branch Activities

vice and in cash t0 11w 3"“ ""5" of Crippled Chl1dl‘(‘flS' Work.‘ The

hi:

gqqqggttmakoaiislmlll

ing their health by consoien

year this increase will be well main- tained because from ptember 1st. 11,701 Juniors had enrolled in 478 branches. This number represents about 78 per cent of the classrooms in the province and is an increase over the number enrolled a year ago of 3,124 mem- bers and 127 branches. Before the end of the present. school ybar, we expect to be much nearer our‘ ob- jective of 100 per cent membership. . we are pleased to report that the school supervis- ors, at a recent meeting, decided to recommend Junior Red Cross to the classrooms in their Inspector- ates which have not as yet OISE-fl- lzed: The mt that practically all our former branches have re-enroll-

or the in this

firganization Ami‘ Publicity

At the Provincial Teachers‘ Con- vention, a Junior Red Cross Exhibii- was displayed, and Juniors mm Prince Street and Rnchford Square schools put on an attractive pro-

with a

visit from Miss Jean E. Browne. Na- tional Director of Junior Red Cross. who addressed the Gyro 011119. the

n gild

mass meetings of Juniors in Char-

Miss

Browne presented special certificat- es to twelve classrooms which had been organized for five consecu- tive years and paid official visits

Street Irving

and Miss Watson, which had been

years.

At the closing exercises in June. Five Year Certificates were pre- ggntod to Elmira. Howe Bay, St. Eloanol-‘s and the intermediate de- partment of Albcrton school.

A Junior Red Cross exhibit oom- sisbihg of such items as portfolios.

house at the

Provincial Exhibition where two weighed

From August 20th to September 8th z attended eight local Teach-

WW9?‘

tunlty was given me to speak and to interview the teachers individu-

this,

386 schools were visited and talks given to 516 classrooms-BI 1211"“ of the number in the PPWWN- Th1! yo“, “no was taken to visit every 501100]. which hitherto had not been given an opportunity to hear about Junior Red Cross. During the same period I addressed twenty-we wo- men's Institutes. explaining to them the purposes of Junior ms Cross.

In the pest w“ 4-933 people have visited our office to be weighed or

N406!

of mail have been received and'l,-

The Junlor members are improv-

tlo ly and swung

ment for 157 cases classified as assistance and hospitality have followsz~ made our work pleasant and more Orthopedic ................. .. v1 effective. The Starr also gratefully Glasses and eye conditions 59 askliqtvicdgca tlic continued assist-

ance and encouragement received from National Office and from our own Executive.

Mr. W. F. Tidmarsh moved the adoption of thc Secretary's and Treasurer's reports. The motion was seconded by Canon Malone. The President stated that in- creased voluntary subscriptions would be necessary, as expenses would bc increased due to the great amount of work ahead.

Mr. H. (H. Shaw. Chief Superin- tendent of Education. moved the adoption '0! Miss MacLeans report, remarking upon thc great; import- ance of the work done, with which he was well acquainted. Mr. R. H. Rogers seconded thc motion.

Mr. Norman Somervilic was un- able to attend thc meeting, as hc had been detained on thc road for 35 hours, but would be present at an adjourned meeting tonight. Rev. Dr. Ramsay invited the soci- cty to liold the adjourned meeting in Hcartz Memorial Hail this even- ing at 8.30.

"Thanks was extended to Mr. Cox of the Purc Milk Co. for donations. The meeting was brought to a close by benediction by Rev. Dr. E. H. Ramsay.

Tonsil and Adenoid operations 15 Convalescent care Other cases

c:

A total of $2,552.17 has been spent to help handicapped children. Thesc figures represent; an increase of 65 caseg and $952.14 over the totals for last year.

At the spring and fall clinics" for crippled children conducted in Sum- merside and Charlottetown by Dr. T B. Acker, orthopedic specialist of Halifax, opportunity was given for examination and diagnosis of ortho- pedic conditions and a total of 314 examinations was made. Iii the seven years that the Society has been doing crippled children's work 453 children have reported at our clinics. Many of these have been discharged as cured or improved but there are a great number still under observation and treatment. 'I'ho6e children have a great vari- ation of needs, ranging from iliosc who may require only slight direc- tion and adviceto be canied out at home, to the others whose con- ditions necessitate long courses of l -“ 1 exercises or surgical and hospital care. On these latter cases 35 operations, manipulations etc. were performed here by Dr. Ackcr this yea/r. . We were honored to have as a visitor, Dr. Jean MacNamara, Hon- orary Medical Officer to the Physi- otherapy Department of the Chil- dren's Hospital, Melboume, Austral- la, who ts doing research work un- der the R/ockfeller Foundation arid who came from Boston to attend our October clinic. Being a special- ist in infantile paralysis, Dr..Mac- Namara besides observing and as- sisting at the clinic gave some very helpful advlcc and suggestions. During the months between Dr. Ackers visits. Miss MaeDonnell, has carried on her Corrective Clinic three afternoons weekly giving 1,- 065 massage treatments and exer- cises to 5'1 children. As only 252 treatments, were given in 1929, the first year this branch of the work was started the steady growth and excellent results gained are making it an increasingly important part of our care for cripples. Private ap- pointments are also available. Oi spacial interest are the three babies and one small child with upper arm paralysis who have been receiving massage and muscle re-education daily for many months and who now have made sufficient recovery for the mothers to carry on thc tratment at home, reporting only occasionally for muscle check up. Ibur powt operative forticollts (wry neck) oases and two not operated upon have attended the Corrective Clinic and made splendid pmgress. exercises and training i; g, most important part of after care with this condition in order that thc P11101110 may be taught to maintain the correction gained by operation. The marked imprevelnent in two children" with scoliosis, or spinal 11117111111". Ills shown the valuc of skilled progressive remedial treat- ment. Another outstanding ca": is