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No one knows exactly how much tuberculosis there is in the moun-

tains. The Frontier Nursing Service carries on its records dozens of QU OTA

cases, many of them diagnosed by a doctor, others for whom a doctor's New York City

diagnosis has not been obtainable but with symptoms strongly indica- Minneapolis
Boston
tive. The tragedy of cases of this type is that almost nothing is being Washington CLASS I—QUOTA, $200.00
Philadelphia
done for them, almost nothing can be done without an outlay of Indianapolis Chicago Los Angeles
Chicago South Shore San Francisco
money, which is not at hand; without someone free to spend the neces- Bangor Seattle
Syracuse
sary amount of time to educate the family in care, someone possessing, Rochester CLASS II—QUOTA, $150.00 Lincoln
Dayton Omaha
in addition to the time, skill in making teaching effective. Bloomington Dallas
Fort Wayne Portland
An idea recently developed in the field of social work is that of the CLASS III—QUOTA, $100.00 Detroit

visiting housekeeper—the social worker turned housekeeper to teach Birmingham Madison
New Orleans Kansas City
(under the instruction of physician or nurse) the fundamentals of care, Knoxville
Nashville Tulsa
where these are so tied up with the daily routine of the family life. Is Memphis Denver
Providence
that not the way in which a social worker might function on medical

social problems of the type presented by tuberculosis cas:s? Suppose

she lived in the household of the Gene Howard family for several days; CLASS IV—QUOTA, $50.00

a week perhaps or longer, going over with Mrs. Howard day after day Cleveland
Cincinnati
the precautions she must take to protect other members of the family,

the things that she must do over and over with undeviating care if CLASS V—QUOTA, $30.00

Gene is to have his chance to get well; helping Gene himself to under- St. Louis
Ann Arbor
stand the nature of his disease and the requirements of treatment; and Milwaukee
Lynchburg
then finally revisiting often enough to be sure that her instruction had

"taken." Having once gotten this type of educational work done, fre-

quent visits from the doctor or nurse should not be necessary. In cases

of this type the neighbors could be of immense help—in building the

open-air porch, in helping supply milk and eggs and vegetables and in

keeping Gene more contented with his wearisome life of enforced in- Quota liaised JUeans ^A(ew

activity. foetal J^ife in Kentucky

The tragedy of Gene Howard's case is that without adequate care By MARION A B E L E FRANCO-FERREIRA, Rho

he is unquestionably progressing from a first-stage case to a second- or *]TUST a very brief message from your Social Service chairman. The
I articles by Mary Dee Drummond and Bland Morrow have told you
third-stage case, his chances for recovery steadily diminishing. His more clearly than I could just what it is that we have undertaken
as our National Work. But all philanthropy has its practical side,
family is being more and more exposed to the disease. Worse yet is a
and that practical side is the financial aspect. To carry forward suc-
realization that Gene Howard is not the only case to which this is hap- cessfully this project, each group must raise its minimum pro rata
share of the budget. Through your chapter presidents and state chairmen
pening. Small wonder that the writer grows impatient to be "on the °f alumnae, you have been informed of your duty in this respect, but
Perhaps a general tabulation would not be amiss. Chapters and districts
job" and to try any method that holds out promise. "ave been classified as to potential membership and quota allotments
made accordingly. The map shows you the alumna? district quotas; the
Haskell Saunders offers yet another variety of medical social prob- active chapters must give as much as they can. The alumna? chapters'
Quotas will be found in the box at the top of this page.
lem. Haskell harbors a thriving colony of hookworms, with the conse-
This is our job—the biggest we have ever attempted. We need every
quence that Haskell is often ailing and almost always too puny and A1Pha 0, active and alumna, affiliated and unaffiliated to co-operate.

"no 'count feeling" to put in a hard day's work. Haskell's family suf-

fers. They are a wife and six children. Haskell himself is a victim of a

vicious circle—his work produces less and less food with which to

maintain the body's combat with the parasite to which he is host.

The nurse has not succeeded in getting Haskell's consent for treatment.

He "doesn't believe in them thar things." Until he does consent and has

regained his wanted strength, if ever, there is the problem of the fam-

ily in which malnutrition and its consequences are inevitable. Hook-

worm is only one of the many sources from which destitution may

derived in a region in which life is maintained so precariously. be

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