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  MAP OF LESLIE COUNTY, KENTUCKY

  

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  Total area of county ................................................ 373 square miles
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U Total population ..............,.............................,....................,...... 10,097
  County seat .......................................................... Hyden (313 pop.)
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  j Shaded Area .......................... Territory covered to date by our first
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  it .......................,.............,....... Calls from beyond this territory met
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Q Midwifery Cases
i Nursing Cases
` Health Talks
  Typhoid Vaccine
  Diphtheria Toxin-anti-toxin
  State eye, ear, nose and throat clinic at
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  H ............................................ Cases sent to Louisville and Lexing-
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l 2 THE QUARTERLY BULLETIN  
For the Last Quarter  
IN THE FIELD——THE THREE CENTERS iii
HYDEN  
This nursing center was one year old September 1st. To- lg
gether with Wendover it has under its care 139 babies and 215 f'
toddlers, and has arranged with Dr. James K. Stoddard, lately `
come into the county and located at Pound Mill Gap, for a
monthly medical clinic for these little ones. In midwifery the -
· nurses have registered 70 expectant mothers to date, of whom
40 have been safely delivered. The value of pre-natal care is L
now so appreciated that in September we had cases registered Ex
for as far ahead as April. Y
In school work the seventh and eighth grade girls and  
· high school girls at Hyden, (42 in all), have begun the Red ll
3 Cross classes in home hygiene and care of the sick, taught by  
; the nurses.  
E In the inoculations against typhoid and diphtheria Hyden  
has not only met the calls in its own area but sent nurses a  
day’s ride out of the district at the request of Maggard’s Branch  
on Cutshin, stricken with typhoid. For four successive weeks Zl
two nurses went there overnight as the guests, together with  
their horses, of Jim Lewis, member of the County Committee,  
and inoculated 96 people. It is always necessary to go four  
times, as many new people come in on the second visit. Samples E
of well water were also sent away for analysis, and the citizens  
at Maggard’s Branch are taking steps to protect their wells  
from contamination.  
So progressive are the Leslians in claiming health protec- =i
tion when they learn of it that the demand for inoculations has  
” taxed our powers to meet. The high water mark was reached iv
on Bull Creek, where Miss Caffin gave 140 inoculations single- `
handed in one afternoon. This was at Charley Woods school, { `
. which has the distinction of 100 per cent of the pupils against li
both typhoid and diphtheria, and included the neighborhood. ‘ g—
l We have given nursing care to a case of typhoid in the  
county jail, scrubbed the place with lysol, and, by permission I 
of the county judge, inoculated all the prisoners.  A
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  . Quarrying for the permanent center is under way near the
il site, and 2,500 blocks of stone are quarried. The Hyden District
  Committee has appointed a special building committee com- 1
  posed of Sherman Flversole, M. C. Bcgley and Walter Hoskins.
M The District Committee is also paying for this bit of work out
g; of its own funds, and every stone mason is giving his labor for
Q one day as .h1s contribution. Meanwhile the staff are facing
% the winter 1n their temporary quarters.
` WENDOVER
< A This center is but six months old and follows in nursin
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E a program similar to Hyden, over an area as large but with
i less than half the population. It is, therefore, a one nurse post
V, in charge of Miss Ellen Halsall. But, as administrative head-
  r1ua1·ter§·and·guest house, `Wendover shelters many other activ-
  1 ies. ince 1 opened in March, 35 house guests, mostly from
  far away, have been entertained there by Mrs. Breckinridge,
  9·_t0”€f1l .0f 295 days. When one remembers how hard the long
  ride is 1n and out from the railroad, one realizes the honor these
ag.! guests confer .1n coming. Among the most welcome was Mlle.
  Antritti Dogiring, 0118 of the nurses of the old American Com-
;· m1 e or evastated France, now attached to the Association
  d’Hygiene Sociale de l’Aisne, and in America on a scholarship,
  Klgiohcgme to us for a month’s observation and study of our
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·;V or whom a special meeeting of Hyden citizens t
  together, were E. O. Robinson of Cincinnati and Judge Edwgsd
  gliiear gf Frankfort. Miss Corbin, Director of the Maternity
gi en er ssociation in New York, was a veritable tonic. From
  our own Dr. Josephine Hunt of Lexington, we got more help
  thain twe can Ever express. Many were the rough miles she
r. ro e o see pa ients too frail to come to her and at l l` '
( it both H§de£11·]3nd Wendover the rooms were throifgidc  
a omen an c 1 ren.
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·y special guests were Brooke Kirkland of New
g York, age 14, who gave six weeks of his school holidays to take
 , care of our horses and to escorting people in from the railroad;
 A and Leslie Adams of Camp Creek, age three months, with us
I  four Weeks, who put up the iight of his life, and won,
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THE JESSIE PRESTON DRAPER CENTER
This is going up, as this bulletin appears, on a lovely site
at the mouth of Bad Creek, just above where Beech Fork and
Middlefork come together. Miss Peacock and Miss Willeford,
- carrying on with dispensary and living quarters in two rooms
at a local land owner’s, are almost literally building it with their
own hands. It takes a team from here over three days and  
nights to make a trip out to the railroad and back for supplies. I
r At a meeting of prominent citizens in this remote part of ll!
» the mountains, every one of the forty men and women present
pledged support to help build the new center. Many gave a
day’s labor or more. One gave 112 square feet of oak lumber,
· others trees· for the hand hewn shingles and sills for the barn,
another stone for the house foundation and chimney. The land
has been surveyed, the deed drawn up, and oversight of the
whole given by Walter Hoskins, lawyer from the county seat,
whose father is a large land owner in that s·ection.
"THE TRAIL OF THE PIONEER"
This is the title of the four reel motion picture taken for
us in Leslie by Elizabeth Perkins and Sophie Smith of the Film
Mutuel Benefit Bureau. When their wonderful offer came, a
call meeting was held at Wendover, last Christmas, of the Leslie
County Branch Committee, which voted them an invitation.
Arrangements for special showings, with speaking, are being
` made for this film by Miss Jessie Carson, who is giving her
time for this purpose to the Kentucky Committee.
RECORDS '
In order to make sure that the records we are so carefully
keeping would afford an exact indication of the work covered, fi
we sent copies of them to Mrs. La Malle, Superintendent of y _
Nursing of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and RG
L Chairman of the Committee on Records of the National Organ-
ization for Public Health Nursing. From her letter we quote
as follows:

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METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE
NEW YORK CITY
October 22, 1926
"Mrs. Mary Breckinridge,
Hyden, Leslie County, Kentucky.
My dear Mrs. Breckinridge:
R, "In Order to give you the benefit of expert counsel,
‘ I discussed these records with Mr. Kopf, who is Assist-
ll! ant Statistician working with Dr. Dublin. I will quote
from his memo his reaction to these records.—‘These
records seem to be satisfactory in all important re-
spect for the unusual type of work being done.’ * * *
"It would seem to me from his reaction to the re-
cords, which would be much more valuable than mine, I
that you have completed form records which will un-
doubtedly give you intelligent information so that you
will be able to evaluate your work and know its re-
results.
"Personally, as I reviewed them I thought they
were very constructive and would enable you to know
where you were going.
"Miss Corbin, Director of Maternity Center, spent
a few hours at the Home Office recently and lunched
with me, at which time I had the pleasure of hearing
all about the splendid work that is being done by you
in Kentucky. She was enthused about the earnestness
and desire of each member of your staff to perfect sat-
isfactory work for the mountain people. It was re-
_ freshing to hear her reaction to the work. I know you
will obtain the results you hope for, namely, the reduc-
tion of maternal mortality.
fx "Remember we shall be very glad to see you at any
Q time you visit New York."
"Very sincerely yours,
(Signed) HELEN LA MALLE
Superintendent of Nursing."

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THE KENTUCKY COMMITTEE FOR MOTHERS AND
BABIES, Inc.
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Chairman  
Alexander J. A. Alexander, Spring Station, \Vood1'ord County. ‘ I
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, Vice-Chairman  
Mrs. S. C. Henning, Cherokee Park, Louisville  
Judge Edward O'Rear, Frankfort  
Treasurer  
C. N, Manning, Security 'Trust Company, Lexington  
Recording Secretary li
Mrs. XV. H. Coffman, Georgetown  
Corresponding Secretary j
Mrs. Joseph Carter, Versailles '4
Dr. Josephine Hunt, Lexington I?
Mrs. Preston Johnston, Fayette County __$1
E. S. Jouett, Louisville  
Mrs. Frank l\IcVey, Lexington  
Miss Linda Neville, Lexington  
Dr. Scott Breckinriilge, Lexington  
Chairman Leslie County Brunch Committee  
Judge \Vm. Dixon, \Vooton  
 
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Honorary Member  
Dr. Arthur McCormack, State Board of Health, Louisville ,
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Director  
Mrs. Mary Breckinridge, R. N., Hyden, Leslie County  
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Secretary to Director  
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MEMBERS
Dr. Irvin Abel, Louisville. Mrs. Jeter Horton, \\’asliington, D. C.
V Mrs. A. J. A. Alexander, \Voodford County. Mrs. Churchill Humphrey, Louisville.
gi Judge Lafon Allen, Louisville. Clay Hunt, Lexington.
r` Mrs. Claude Barnes, Louisville. George Hunt, Lexington.
  Mrs. Francis R. Beattie, Louisville. Mrs. George Hunt, Lexington.
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im Mrs. \V. R. Belknap, Louisville. ]’resitlent \Villiam J. Hutchins, Berea.
  Deslia Breclzinridge, Lexington. Miss Muriel llopkinrs, University of Ky.
  Col. Jas. C. Breckinridge, \Vasliington, D. C. Miss Mary Johnston, Louisville.
j Mrs. John C. lireckinritlgc, New York City. Miss Flora Keene, R. N. Somerset.
I Miss Soplionisba P. Breckinridge, Chicago. Mrs. Mary llreekinridge Maltby, Lexington.
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  llon. H. M. Brock, Harlan. Very Rev. Robt. K. Massie, D. D., Lexington.
  Miss Elizabeth Bruce, R. N., Loui:vi1le. Pres. Frank L. McVey, University of Ky.
  Cabell B. Bullook, Lexington. Mrs. J. R. Morton, Lexington.
  Dr. \\'aller Bullock, Lexington. Rev. E. Y. Mullins, D. D., Louisville.
  Rev. Benj. J. Bush, D. D., Lexington. Miss Bettie McDonald, R. N., Louisville.
  Miss Harriet Cleek, R. N., Lexington. Dr. Barnett Owens, Louisville.
  lion. Thos. Combs, Lexington. Mirs Katherine N. Pickett, Pine Mountain.
  Attilla Cox, Louisville. Dr, Alice N. Pickett, Louisville.
  Miss Bessie L. Daingertiold, Bcattyvilie. Mrs. E. S. Porter, Louisville.
  Rt. Rev. U. V. XV. Darlington, Huntington. \Ym. I’re:·ton, Fayette County.
  John B. Eversole, Lexington. Mrs, Annie Richards, Oxvingsville.
  Dr. J. A. Flexner, Louisville. Mrs. James Roberts, Frankfort.
  Rev, A. Vx'. Fortune, D. D., Lexington. Miss Susie Satterxvhite, Louisville.
  Miss Lucy Furman, Hinclman. Mrs. \\‘illiam Simms, T\'ooclf0rd County.
  Hon. Alex Hargis, Jackson. Miss Josephine Clay Simpson. Lexington.
  Mrs. Louis L. Haggin, Fayette County. Mrs. James Spillman, Harroaisburg.
  Mrs. S. H. Halley. Fayette County. Miss May Stone, Hindnian.
  Mrs. Arch L. Hamilton, Lexington. Dr. J. A. Stuckey, Lexington.
~   J. L. Harman. Bowling Green. Rev. Charles VV. \Velch, D. D., Louisville.
  Mrs. Frank Hawk, WVliitesburg. Mrs. E. YVaring \"Vilson, Rosemount, Penn.
  Mrs. Roy Helm, Hazard. Rev. C. M. Vander Meulen, D. D., Louisville.
  Miss Ellen Young. Henderson.
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THE KENTUCKY COMMITTEE FOR r`  
MOTHERS AND BABIES, INC.  
Its motto:  
"He shall gather the lambs with his arm ?
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  i gently lead those that are with young." `
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To safeguard the lives and health of mothers and young
children by providing trained nurse-midwives for rural areas
where there are no resident physicians—these nurse-midwives
I to work under supervision; in compliance with the Regulations
for Midwives of the State Board of Health, and the law govern-
ing the Registration of Nurses in Kentucky; and in co-operation p
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