' year.

g. value to the children nor, only in

_Thirty Bed

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' SECRETARY’! ANNUAL REPORT

To the President, Omoers and imm-

. hers.- ‘I beg to submit the following rc- port. ior the year 1938:- , During the past year six pied-ins! s! um Executive have been held when the business o! the Division was con- sidered and mattfndeg‘ w. Ind l": ‘special mee or i PWWW - prgmizing the sale oi Tuberculosis chrisunas Seals in the province. wAI. three o! the meeunss n!!!“ were discussed ior ways and means o! securing and maintaining a pro- ‘ vlncisl sanatonum. Considerable l ,time was spent in this but no deiln- l Me action taken wndins the 8.7-! ‘ vsl o! Dr. P. A. Creclmsn. Since‘ flue appointment oi Dr. (hreelman B5 i Provincial Health Oflioer and Chest. Diagnostician every eflort is bell}! made to arouse public interest in this matter. He is doing excellent workand the details oi his clinics will be given in the Nursing Re- port. The sale oi ‘Tuberculosis Christ-i mas Seals receiver’ the same hearty response from the public as last 708-17- The returns from the Gym Club. pxhich undertook the personzl solici- tation o! the business houses and! from the ladies committee oi Sum-l‘ 'me!‘side are well in advance oi last‘, We are deeply grateful to the Q members of these and the Chsrlotte- , iown Committee ior their enthusiasm: i and untlring eflons in helping with ‘the Seal Sale, and to sll those who: demonstrated their interest in the prevention oi tuberculmis by so gen- l rrously purchasing the seals. Thcl total amount received to date (Jan. 161 g5 $2293.70. Oi this amount l0 per cent. is paid to the Canadian Tuberculosis Association to cover the cost oi supplies. $1200 toward; Dr. Crcelmsns salary. $300 ior the treatment oi crippled children, and when the cost of printing, postage. and advertising is deducted the bal- nnce will be used ta provide sputum cups, etc. ior tuberculosis cases, and to conduct. chest clinics and lollow- up work.

Oua- thanks are also due to the Committees and canvassers ior the annual Red Cross Membership cam- paign, especially to ‘the busy teachers oi the country schools and members oi the Women's Institutes who made a house to house canvass in their districts. We regret not being able

~ to report t e same splendid results obtained lqs year but can on‘y hope ior a larger membership in 1929. It t has been decided by the Central‘- Council oi the Canadian Red Cross} to dispense with the monthly issue oi 1 the Red Cross Magazine and in the; luture it will be mailed to paid-up Jnembers as a. quarterly. . This is the first year since the Public Health programme of the Di- vision commenced that no financial

assistance was received from National ‘~

Headquarters. In iuture the Divis- ion must be supported irom within

' the Province.

_ eminent ior the past five years has given a. substantial grant oi.’ money, and ii the present stafl and work being done is to be maintained every person in the province must rally round the Red Cross and contribute to its support.

During the-year Dr. '1‘. B. Acker of Halifax held two clinics and spent eleven days in examining, treating and operating upon crippled children. The tlisnks oi the Division are ex- tended to Dr. Acker ior his very ex- ccllent. work and the untlring zeal he has shown in doing so much ior our crippled children. The results obtained in many cases are marvel- ous. This noble work deserves the support and interest oi all.

Itliss Marion Vickerson was ap- pointed 1.0 the nursing stafi and s. Iord Coupe purchased ior her work in Kings County.

We are plesscd .10 report the steady growth oi Junior Red Crws Branches in the schools. These Juv- enile clubs are oi great educational

giyesilipg health knowledge but _in developing humanitarian ideals.

The work done by our nurses has been wonderful-the examination oi school children, the arrangements made ior securing iimatment for those whose parents were unable to PHY- the follow-up work done with regard to children. crippled cases and those luffering from tuberculosb.

The thanks oi the Division are due to the nurses ior the energetic work they have done under the super- vision oi our Nursing Director who has: shown untiring eiiorts in carry-

king out the work undertaken by the ‘Division. Our thanks we also dill! to Miss Arscnault for her able work done in connection lth the ollice. S. It. JEN INS. M. IL.

‘ Secretary

REPORT 0F PUBLIC HEALTH flURSING SERVICE. PRINCE ED- WARD ISLAND DIVISION’, CA-

‘ NADIAN RED CROSS SO- CIETY, JAPI. 1 TO DEC. 31, 19

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I beg to submit the Eighth Annual Report of the Public Health Nursing Qervicc oi’ this Divlslon:-

School Inspections

- School Health Inspections as us- ual have occupied the largest share oi‘ our nurses’ time, and this year we have been able to co ,‘ ‘ s. second inspection ior every public school in

' the province, and ior most oi them

a. third inspection. We try to arrange ior ca. yearly examination oi the pupils oi Charlottetown, Bummer-side and the incorporated . Th! number oi’ ‘ ‘ inspected this yo" was 268, ‘an increase oi 58 over list year's record. Also i additional spe- clsl inspections were made ior skin diam-sea. 8830 children were Gil-min- ed in the regular iflns. I116 Si! heslth talks given. Not only ihl ‘carnation oi vision. the dental trut- ‘nients and ntunuim m none and

‘ t troubles which ve been not- ship ‘om 1W I

Sod, but the very keen and in giiltorcst of children inthe nurses’

'§‘lblpectlonssndinsomsnymstters

,_'obncernlng health which they hsve

“an taught; auburn well for a .

" th IN or tilt , . luture. In Public Health uuninl

meaimuztleormminl muons

The Provincial Gov- '

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I ~ Canadian land International Oratoriical Contests

Canadian Winner‘. 3S ipprevi0us years, will be given a travelling scholar- ship in the form~ of- a _ trip to Europe, with all expenses paid.

. This Canndian winner Twill also represent Canada

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than March 15. April 20.

15. » in July.

. International tober. * _

Daily Star. Myrtle

WHO MAY ENTER

Boys and girls who on Febru- '1, 1929, ‘are less than 19 years of age and who are enroll- ed as pupils in a. high school or collegiate institute or other rec- ognized educational institution below University grade including grades nine and ten.

HOW TO ENTER

l In the Province entries may be made, either direct to The Charlottetown Guardian or to the" principals themselves.

THE ORATIONS

_0rations must be original and must not take more than 10 min- utes in delivery.

liveredin English or French.

‘ ,T HE DATES School competitions not later

. District finals—Not later than

Provincial finals, in Charlottev town-By May 3. Canadian finals—About May

iEuropean trip-Begins early

1"»... ‘ OFFICIALS

National Chairman for Can- ‘ada-Main Johnston,

_ Canadian Committee — Miss Patterson,

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They may be de-

" finals-in * Oc- Toronto

Vancouver

in Itlhe International Championship.

The Chiirlottewlvll Qllflrdiflll, ill wnllllwtlml With newspapers and committees in other provinces of Can. afia 3nd,?‘ 9th" “mnmefl Offhe W011i}. is again clllldllcling the Canadian and International Oratorical Competi. $10118 which were so outstandingly Successful in 1927 and 192s. In individual School Competitions in this Prov- nice. anvsllblect may be used. but in the District. Provincial and Canadian Championships one of the following four subJects must be used-“Canada Among the Nations”; Canada”; “Canadzfs Economic Development.”

‘a!’ . ' ' I I I I Th ontests will be openaivlthout charge, l0 111111115, boys and girls, in high schools, Grades Nine and Ten, secondary schools, collegiate institutes and other recognized educational institutions below University grade.

The Guardian 7188i“ i8 fOPtIlHiItB in having‘ the 00-011 eration of the Director and Department of Education, pege and St. Dunstaifs University, and The Teachers Associa-

_A The-first step in the contest is for each school to hold acontest to determine its own championsliThe prov. mce willbc divided into districts. There will be a competition at a point in each of these districts to determine the dlsgrlcl dlamllions. It is at these district competitions that the champions of the individual schools will compe e.

The winners of each of the districts will come to Charlottetown, as guests of The Charlottetown Guardian w and fltltfifgexpiill-Be, t0 wmpetc ffll‘ Prflvillcial chflmllimlship. . The winners of this contest will receive suitable prizes ffiom The Charlottetown Guardian. .

_ Similor__competitions will be held in other provinces of the Dominion. ' Following these provincial champion- ships, the winner from each province will go to a selected city to compete for the Canadian Championship." The Prince Edward Island winner will go to the Canadian Contest as all expenses paid. '

A 'e Canadian champion _will be given a travelling scholarship in the form of a free trip to Europe, as guest of the newspapers and committees in the various provinces which are conducting the contests, _

The Canadian winner, after his European trip, will go to Washington or some other selected centre to com. pete 1n the International Championship. ~

I" Under the Auspices in Prince Edward Island, of

Sun; C. A. Hayden, Calgary Her- ald; C. R. Morrison, Edmonton Journal; Hon. R. A. Hoey, Minis- to oi Education, Manitoba; Hon. Cyril F. Delage, Superintendent of ‘Education, Quebec; Prof. A.

Halifax Herald Department

Principal

Stanley Walker,

i Frank Walker, Charlottetown Guardian. ,

Professor H. H. Robertson, Murphy, Professor Lloyd Show, Mr. Braden Jelly, President of the Teachers Association.

representing

of Education- Shaw, Director; Principal

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CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Co-operation offthe Department of Educotion

With“ the

$18 Principals and Faculties of Prince of W-ales Coll ion.

in! benefits resulting irom the help Ind Illlflfieilvcn‘ by the nurses in their daily contact with the children, teachers and parents.

Every year I have sounded a warn- ing with regard to smallpox and the vast mljority o! unvscoinsted chil- dren ttendin the country schools. The average is slightly lower than last year. '17.’! per cent. oi the chil- dren iound to be unvsccinsted as against 84 per cent. lsst year. 1n only 6 country schools rout o! 281 visited were all the children ymccin- sted. and‘i.n the msjorlty o! em the number unvsoclnsted was '1_ ~10!) per cent. "This u m- too serious ammo/t- ier iortha parents and trustees to be lax shout. Would a child pennan- ently disfigured by this’ loathsome disessg-ever. iorgive the parents who neglected to hsvc him vaccinated?

' h-n-t. sea poi-m

‘During thesohool ‘yea: September. in:

lDTI-Jmie 1028 our Junior Rod Cross hsd s. p‘ "of BIB children organisedun ‘PI branches. But ior the first hslt-orthispresmt school year (since September 1928) the member- ia nelrgrnier, 1a we are satis- fied tbst-thir Ilsa ~ Btvleg and Good Otidsenahip

on the classroom health . Olub keeping

poconmlisroir. in it m!!! ill! b:

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‘any §gln..,wm~s=mm m: m on»

h

_ drinking cups,

an obligation of m mbcrshlp, beoomés quite s pleasure. The consideration and thoughtfulness oi others which the Junior Red Cross. not only on the part oi the children toward the teacher but also among the children themselves has been particularly commented upon. For example, a Branch in Grade II found that some of its members would be unabl to earn their 25c. ices. The "service ior others" Committee, being unwilling that any should be denied the privil- eges oi membe ship through no isult of their own, arranged a. Bean Guess- ing Contest by which they raised enough money to pay tho ices and procure the ‘ membership but- ton ior every child in the class.

The Junior Red Oross is a help to the school in more ways than one. ior tho members have raised money to purchase wster coolers, lmiividull wash basins, brooms and dustpans and utensils ior serv- hot school lunches, etc. At Christmas giits m c by the Juniors were noeived at oiilcc, enabling us to make up and send Christmas boxu to 45 children under our lup- srvislon. Other groups sent giits to other charitable organisations or pro- vided Christmas chterjor il-mllin in their own districts

Many oi the members have been most active in selling the Canadian Rod Cross Junior-s monthly ml“- me, snd s iew Branches sold Tutor-

élllcsis ChH-ll-lllll Basis. Another lb

tlvity has mama exchange o! port- JNW.

in other oountrim. '

By ices and donations the Junior members have rslsed $430.67 this year which has provided trestwnt ior some oi the 08 handicapped children helped as iollowsz-

Orthopedic cases Massage. sndoorreotive exer- Eye l8 ‘Ilonsil snd adenoid operations 22 Dental treatment ... 2 Medical cases... ... ... .. 2

..... not u. e00 .. 1

. . . 63 Crippled Children's Clinic

Dr. Ackcr held clinics in Charlotte- townont ‘Hoocssionsdurlngth; no was made

ior children and 50 ior adults. As

o! the children era-mined were

w oassswoiigme thatwith thou nminod in previous clinics we now touch alth muathsn hall

PP number oi whom have

milifldmmlntbsprovinoe. timber

was the appointment oi Dr. Creel- msn la Provincial Health Ofllcer. This, I believe, is the first time lu the history 0i the Province that there has been a full time Health Oillcer and, as the premier health "organiza- tion in the province, the Canadian Rod Cross Society must cxpfoss its profound gratitude to the Govern- ment and the Canadian Tuberculosis Association ior their co-operstlon in bringing about. this most useful ad- dition to the agencies for the benefit o! our people. Dr. Creelman will ably perform s long and urgently needed service and under his leader- ship tho building ol a provlnclsl in- stitution ior the care oi our tuber-

' culous ls assured.

Allin this yur this Division hand- led the Bole oi ‘Tuberculosis Christ- mls Bells ior the Canadian Tuber- culosis Association with the same muted success as last year, All the returnsarenotinuyetsowe hope that. when the ilnal countl_ is made the smount realms will be lsrgor thsn in i921.

We were glad o! me opportunity to co-opemu . with, the (inn:- l!

dian ‘liibsrculosls Association

mun. msking theloos] arrangements ior

"m mums... .u_niq_

their Annual Meeting during the convention oithe, ‘Tt-“sdian Medics! Allooiltim his last June. '- Obeli M!" Mid (lilflns July and Auglbt by m. Wherrett Ind Dr.

M!‘ M

toithtfii. _ _ hIVQl-illllbtllfildlohollllpio-comploifl,

Omimsnhnilsivnlrv "hm I" "- animations were made. Oi the 3J0 will criminal, ll were iound

HE

“The Unification of Canada”; ‘The Peoples of ’

guest of The Charlottetown Guardian, with

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ious cases. Since Dr. Creelmanb permanent arrival he has utabllshed s weekly clinic in Charlottetown every Saturday morning and once a month in Summerside, and 30 addi- tional examinations have been made, making a total o! 297 ior the year.

Grcstcr etlorts have been made to get in touch with these cases in the homes and the nurses have made 314 tuberculosis visits, as against l0’! lust year and l0 in i926.

It ls absolutely heart breaking t0 visit some oi these homes and see tuberculous cases which should be ln a sanatorium. not only ior their own 800d but also ior tho saisty o! their iamllles, then to leave again with that ” , ‘ and discouraged feeling o! having been able to help only by advice instead oi action.

Home sud Oiilce Visits

The total number oi home iollow- up visits was 2822 which Wm made with regard to school Mid DN-GBIIOOI aged children, infants, nipples, prs- nstll. tuberculosis and general cases also the British settlers. This l: an increase oi i240 ovoi- the number made last year. '

The number oi visitors. to our ol- iiceiorsdvicocriobewoighedwu

Other Activities

seven Home Nuning clsuu were

and 71 attending ‘l5 per cent oi the Eight Junior l-leslth League couMl lwww- Thus Wm Ofksnizcd by were given w an childnn oi Prince the Women's Instltutesoi Mt. Albion, Street, Queen Square and Bummer- Bt. Roche, 5t. Felix and for the side l-flgh an“; ‘ma 371 gugcgsflllllly Short Course, also in Y wu,

Bourls and at our headquarters in Chsrlottetown. _

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