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4-2148 '.NTS • FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY WOF.K PROJECTS ADMINISTBAT iON For Release t o PM 1 s. Tuesday, July 9, 1940 WPA TO EXHIBIT ";VOBK OF WELFAJ:l.E PROJECTS An exh ibiti on showing some of th e services which t he Work -Pr ojec ts Administrati on, through its welfare proj ec ts, r enders t o communiti e s over t he country , will b e presented a t the National Museum, Constituti on Avenue at 10th Stree t, N.'.7., Washington, D. C., July 10, ~ 31, Mrs. Fl or enc e Kerr, WPA Ass ist ant Commis s i one r, announced yesterday. The general theme of the entire exhibit will be 11 1JPA Welfare Proj- ects pr ot ect the health and hap"9 iness of .Americans," Mrs ■ Kerr said. Some 12,000 certified' workers , she explained, are empl oyed t o aid in the t ask of caring for pe rs ons unab le t o pay for medical service in 1,000 hos pit als, instit utions and convalescence homes. About 6,000 workers give assist a nce in 400 health departments, l abo r at ori ~s, clinics and out-patient departments . WPA as sists cli ni cs in which , annually , over 3,000 , 000 medical examinati ons a nd treatnents are given, 500,000 t e sts are nade, and 250,000 pe rs ons iI!lI:luniz ed. This assistance does not include t hat given in schoo ls, ca.raps or home s. Photographs will show iVPA assistants at work in clinics and research l abor at ori es. Charts will show the pr eparati on and us e of pneunococc i serum f or c ombatting pneumonia. WPA is assisting in the r esearch r equired t o de- t e rmine t he value of t his serum as a pneUDonia combatant. A~p r oximately 2,500 pe rs ons are empl oyed by WPA t o assist in t he school medical p rogram and 33,000 pe rsons p r epare and serve hot lunches t o Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 4- 2148 - 2 - schoo l ch ildren . More than 1,125,000 schoo l lunch e s ar e sfl rv Pd daily . Pho to gr aph s will illustra t e t h is work . ·iVPA a ssists the heal t h p ro g r r..r.1s in schoo ls whe r e annually ruo r e t han 1,000 , 000 dent <"., l exar:1inatiou s and tr eat::1en ts are g ivon , 1,000 , 000 o e dic a l e xar.iina ti ons ar e oade , 750,000 medical t es ts ar e taken and 100 ,000 i mrn.miz a tions a r e g ive n. WP.A assistance nrovid es cam:9 f n.ciliti ns f o r children f r on underp rivilege d ho me s in ove rcr or;d ed se cti ons of l a r gA citi e s during vacati on days . Photog raphs will s how t hese c.i:': il d r en ·o efor e go ing t o car.m and a ft er a!l ei gh t-week stay in ca.op . Ot h _-:Jr pho t og rn:phs will s:ww how s ooe nf t he 500 nurs e s on the "JPA r olls are given t ne opportunity t 0 work in t hc: ir fi c-ld , along with the r ,,gularly empl oyed nurs e s of health [1.genci e s . On di spll'.l;)' wi ll be miniatur e r:iodels of a sanit a ry f.'i i lk house , and po st e rs o n syph ilis control a nd tr eatnent. Punpe ts u sed in t he pub lic schoo ls of Pennsylvani a will d eno nstrate p ro pe r car e o f t ee t h . On e alcove will b e s e t up t o demonstrat e the ac ti vi ti e s of a t oyl ending c en ter, typ ical of t hose ope rat e d by \TPA in many se cti ons of t he country . Q,uan titi e s of t oy s will be s hown fr om vari ous st a t e s , Ill., a ch ild I s t a bl e and four chairs Tiill b e on di sp ley . From De c a tur, To be exb i bi t ed also will b e a block- p ri n t ed wall ho,ng ing s pe cific 2.lly d e signed t o i nte r e st cllildren . 11 WPA T0 y Lending Cea t e rs , 11 Mrs , Ke rr said , 11 p r ovia.e t oys and game s, on a l oan basis, t o t h0usands of unde r n rivil e&;ed ch il ,ir en livin&; in c on1;e st e d a r eas in Ame rican citi e s . Juv e nil e c ourt autho riti e s clain definite r e ducti ons in juvenil e d e linquency in a r eas s erviced by t hese c en t e rs . 11 Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 4-2148 - 3.,. Products from a canning project in Florida will be on dis~lay . More than 22 , 000 wo □ en, ref e rr ed to '.VPA by state enployment offices and pub lic agencies , have been tra ined for j obs as household workers; 18 , 000 have be en placed in private hones , Local advisory comnittees are working for bett er household enployr.ient standard.s . The project ope rat e s in 19 stat es . The work of t h is pr o j ec t will be illustrated by photographs and a sr,1all , but tastefully arranf-;ed dinner table , set up by the District of Columbia pr o j e ct workers . An avera.ge of 57 , 000 needy families a nonth are helped by '.'iPA housekeeping aides in tin:, s of illness, necessary absence of the not!1er , o r other emer6 encies . Panel charts will illustrate the work, and pictures will show actual service of aide s in hone s , as well as in trainin[, • .Add iti onal eYllibits will i nclude cont ents of a kit and uniforms used by the aides . Displayed on dress forms will be a full line of clothing WPA sewing projects for men and wo □ en , □ade on play cloth es for children , specially designed woolen clothing such as ski sui ts , mackinavJS , children I s snow suits and moccasins . n. unit of v10 rke rs fro □ th e District of Colunbia sewing p roject will der.1onstratc cutting with electric equi pment . I t is now unders tood t hat age is no indicator of size . Hit or niss nethods of sizing ,chil dren I s cloth ing and children I s patt erns need no longe r be used . Sizes nay now be based on body oeasurements inst ead of aee . To impr ove the fit of children's r eadymade garments , the U. S. Bureau of Rorie Econonics , in cooperation with WPA, neasured 147 , 083 ty"()ical Aoerican boys and girls, aged 4 t o 17 , in 15 states and the District of Colunbia . The study showed that t~e dinensions of chil dren of the same a~e have sucn a trenendous range that the "average " ch ild of a :particul a r a ge group does not e~i st . Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY - 4 - 4-2148 Th e work of the measuring projec t will be explained by weit,;hinr, scales, a kit o f calib rated measuring instrunents , counarison f0r !1s and Thousands of confort e rs and r:iatt r esses nre urocluced ec .ch weik f o r 1 distribution t o n eedy Ar.rnrican hones . Surplus cotton, provic.ed by t he Federal Sur9lus Conuodi ti es Corporation of th e Departraent of Agriculture , is used i n naking these it er.:is. Finished articl e s and. pho t ogr aphs will illustrate t nis wo rk. 00000000000 Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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