Through their own National Children’s Fund, they met
special relief needs of American and foreign children.

They did important accident prevention work, earned
first aid, home nursing, and nutrition certificates by the
hundred thousand, and increasingly participated in appro-
priate Volunteer Special Services activities.

Since the war began, 12,000,000 articles have been pro-
duced for the armed forces; 1,000,000 relief garments made;
and more than $1,000,000 contributed to Red Cross War

Funds.

 

MEDICAL and HEALTH SERVICE

E Red Cross Medical and Health Service functions
as an effective medium of coordination under the gen-
eral counsel of the National Medical and Health Advisory
Committee. This committee comprises the Surgeons Gen-
eral of the Army, the Navy, and the United States Public
Health Service, the Associate Chief of the Children’s Bu-
reau, and outstanding leaders in the fields of medical prac-
tice, administration, teaching, and research. The Medical
and Health Service maintains an effective liaison on na-
tional, state, and local levels between the Red Cross and
public and private health agencies, and maintains a pro-
fessional and technical relationship in an advisory capacity
to such basic Red Cross services as Nursing, Blood Donor,
First Aid, Water Safety and Accident Prevention, Nutri-
tion, Disaster Relief and Civilian War Aid.

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