Work Of Nurses In Local Epidemic

*After 4 weeks of epidemic, the Lowell Guild has become very efficient: it employs 11 nurses, 6 of whom are regular staff district nurses, and 3 “from the city,” and 2 from the schools.*Miss Barrington, the Guild’s chief nurse, is still suffering from influenza.*William A. Mitchell, agent of the Massachusetts Mills and Chairman of the Vehicle Transportation of the Public Service Committee, is in charge of securing cars to take nurses to and from hospitals and patients’ homes. Each nurse averages 21 visits a day.*Mrs. Walter I. Chase has been delivering food from public kitchens such as the Saco-Lowell shop (managed by Mrs. Harry P. Graves) to families in need.*Nurses praised for their courage and tireless work, the city needs more.Newspaper article1,