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 ANNUAL REPORT 
 
 OF THE 
 
 District Nurse Committee 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Women’s Friend Society 
 
 of Salem 
 
 FOR THE YEAR 
 
 1908 
 
 VAi UBM OF THE 
 
 APR 22 1926 
 UNIVERSITY OF SUmOIS 
 
 
The committee in charge of the work of the District Nurse pre- 
 sents its annual report and the volunteer collectors are now soliciting 
 the yearly subscriptions which enable the work to be carried on. W e 
 know that there are many calls upon the charitably disposed people 
 of Salem, but it must be urged that the work of the district nurse has 
 proved practicably indispensible in this community, while its scope is 
 so far reaching that it cannot fail to appeal to everyone. 
 
 It may be of interest here to give in outline the work of the nurse'” 
 for a single day. 
 
 At 8 A. M. she starts on her rounds of duty, going to the Bu- 
 reau, 1 2 Elm Street, for messages and supplies, stopping on the way 
 to dress a bad accident case, then to an urgent call on Tremont Street, 
 near the Peabody line, and then to keep an appointment at 9.30 to 
 assist at an operation on Pingree Street near the Naumkeag Mills ; 
 after that to Phelps Street for half an hour and, before lunch, a pa- 
 tient on Summer Street must be bathed and made comfortable. The 
 afternoon calls cover cases on Bridge Street, Highland Avenue, Derby 
 and Boston Streets. Frequently the nurse must go twice over the 
 same ground, when messages come in after the morning hours. This 
 itinerary will give a very good idea of the regular work of the nurse. 
 
 A permanent “ District Nurse Fund,” placed in the hands of 
 the chartered “ Women’s Friend Society” is very much desired and a 
 start for this end has already been made. Such a fund, ultimately, 
 should not be less than $23,000, in order to insure the best results, 
 and, even then, with the growth of the city and the increasing de- 
 mands from the sick and injured, an annual subscription list quite 
 likely will still be required to augment the income. The committee 
 asks — can you not, this year, give something to the fund in addition to 
 your annual subscription ? 
 
 Many of the patients are absolutely without the thousand and 
 *>ne things needed in time of sickness or in case of accident. For such 
 occasions supplies of all sorts are kept at the Bureau, which are given 
 or lent to the patients, as circumstances demand. This so-called “ loan 
 

 closet ” is replenished through the kindness of friends and suitable con- 
 tributions are always welcome; just at present, old linen is much needed. 
 To those who have given supplies this year, the committee extends its 
 thanks. 
 
 ELIZABETH R. ROBINSON, Chairman of Committee. 
 
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 Report of the nurse: — 
 
 Total number of calls made, 1547 
 
 Number of patients regularly attended, 92 
 
 Medical cases, 46 
 
 Surgical cases, 27 
 
 Obstetrical cases, 1 9 
 
 L. MAUDE BOWIE, District Nurse. 
 
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 COMMITTEE. 
 
 MRS. WILLIAM O. CHAPMAN 
 MRS. EDWARD L. PIERSON 
 MRS. JULIAN D’ESTE 
 MISS S. E. CHAMBERLAIN 
 
 MRS. ARTHUR W. WEST 
 MRS. GEORGE H. SHATTUCK 
 MISS EDITH RANTOUL 
 MRS. JOHN ROBINSON, Chairman 
 
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