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The nurses of the Perth-Huron
branch of the VON still go
wherever they are needed but
they no longer slog their way on
foot through the bush with a mule
train.
VON nurses did just that,
however, when four of them were
dispatched by the newly-formed
Victorian Order of Nurses for
Canada to help cope with
widespread disease and injuries
among the miners who swarmed
to the Yukon gold fields in 1898.
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a Canadian military expedition
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the nurses took an all-Canadian
route through northern British
Columbia (most of the miners
reached the Klondike through
American territory in Alaska).
They were 14 days on the trail,
averaging 11 miles a day. One
other woman accompanied the
party - Miss Faith Fenton, a
reporter for the Toronto Globe.
Miss Georgea Powell, who
headed the team of nurses,
described her trip in graphic
terms: "From mountain to
swamp to bog we went, bogs into
whose cold, damp, mossy depths
we would sink to our knees, and
under which the ice still remains;
swamps where we trampled
down bushes and shrubs to make
footing for ourselves, and where
the mules stuck many times,
often as many as 20 down all at
once, sometimes having to be
unpacked to be taken out, our
baggage dumped in the mud, and
where the mosquitoes held high
revelry".
Word of the Nurses' journey
spread quickly and many sick
and injured miners were brought
considerable distances to places
where it was known the party
would camp.
As if the land journey were not
bad enough, the nursing team
became separated in a boat
wreck on one of the rivers, Miss
Powell was taken ahead to
Dawson where she at once took
charge of the Good Samaritan
Hospital, as "matron, teacher,
nurse and maid of all work",
Typhoid was at its height. The
patients had in many cases
walked as far as 12 miles from
their diggings in the broiling sun
"with their temperatures
ranging from 101 to 104 degrees,
their strength often failing before
reaching hospital", Miss Powell
found that sickness wasn't the
only problem. Filth and vermin
were everywhere and it cost four
dollars to have a blanket washed.
When the three other nurses
arrived they found Miss Powell
herself down with typhoid in her
little tent beside the hospital. Her
bed was a postal sack filled with
shavings, laid on boards,
Lady Aberdeen, wife of the
then Governor General of Canada
and the Victorian Order's first
President, had held an informal
dinner at Government House in
Ottawa when the nurses left for
the Klondike.
Like the gold rush itself, their
service in the Klondike was short-
lived. The Order's Board of
Governors decided to wind up the
operation in 1899.
In summing it up, Lady
Aberdeen wrote of the four
nurses: "One of them had to
leave owing to a serious
operation; one has been ap-
pointed superintendent of a
hospital at Dawson with the
consent of the Victorian Order;
one has taken a position at the
post office and the district
superintendent, Miss Powell,
remains at work until the spring
allows her to be transferred to
another post where her services
will be more required in view of
the great diminution of the
population of Dawson".
Miss Powell later retired and
was paid $250 in lieu of travelling
expenses, as she decided to
remain in Dawson City. The
VON's "Klondike Expedition"
was over, but 75 years of nursing
service was just beginning.
Although the Perth-Huron
Branch of the VON is not one of
the original groups in Canada, it
does go back quite a way. The
VON came to Stratford in 1908. It
was a one-nurse branch with one
nurse serving the community.
Expansion took place as the
needs of the various communities
arose. Mitchell was one of the
first areas involved. Then in 1966
the communities of St. Marys,
Sebringville, Shakespeare and
Tavistock came under the VON's
service.
By 1971 due to the introduction
of the Home Care Program, the
Stratford VON branch was asked
to extend its boundaries to in-
clude Seaforth, Clinton and the
townships of McKillop, Hullet
and Tuckersmith in Huron
County.
July of 1972 brought two new
changes for the VON. The once
one-nurse branch now became
three full-time nurses and at the
same time, the all-inclusive
name Perth-Huron Branch of
VON became official.
As well as the two full time
nurses in Stratford and one in the
sub office in Clinton, there are six
part time nurses employed.
Listowel, Wingham, Seaforth and
Goderich now have a part time
VON living in the community and
serving the surrounding area.
Thus we are now reaching all far
corners of the two counties.
The full-time nurse in this area
is Mrs. Jan 'Moore, from
Seaforth, Mrs. Moore has been
involved with the VON since it
came to this area about one and
one-half years ago. Before that
she was a nurse in London.
Either Mrs. Moore or one of the
three part-time nurses are on call
24 hours per day, seven days per
week. For this area, the an-
swering service is in care of
Clinton Hospital.
VON services became
available in Exeter just over a
year ago. Mrs. Moore said she
really likes her work.
One other new exciting
development in 1973 which in-
volves the VON right across
Canada, is the introduction of a
new symbol: - "The VON in the
Home".
Today the Perth-Huron branch
serves 1,954 square miles. In 1972
the branch made 2,945 visits to
more than 515 patients.
While nursing care in the
patient's home is the core of the
VON service, they are involved in
many other activities. It provides
the nursing service for the Home
Care Program in both Perth and
Huron.
Assessments of the needs of
patients for the Canadian Cancer
Society are done and the most
recent activity undertaken by the
VON in the area is the
paramedical examinations for
insurance companies.
For the future, Margaret Wood,
the nurse in charge states: -
would like to see more done for
the elderly," In the area of Perth-
Huron there are numerous
people in the 70's and up trying to
maintain themselves at home.
Many are lonely, unable to get
out.
The VQN nurse is often one of
the few people they see during a
whole week, They need help in
simple things, such as, shopping,
running little erands, fixing some
minor thing in the house, or just
someone to.drop in and say "how
are you?". We must learn to give
of our time to these older folk.
Financially, the VON is sup-
ported in various ways: fees paid
directly by the patient or through
a health scheme, such as Blue
Cross, which cover nursing
service; service fees are also
paid through the Home Care
Program, the Homemakers &
Nurses Services Act and
Department of Veterans Affairs;
grants come from various
municipalities as well as the
county; Voluntary funds are
provided through the United
Community Fund of Stratford.
Care is never refused due to the
persons inability to pay. Either
we strive to obtain assistance for
the patient through one of the
above programs or the nurse
works out with the family, a fee
per visit which they can afford to
pay, In 1972 only 17 percent of the
total revenue of the Perth-Huron
branch was received through
nursing fees paid by the patient.
To celebrate the V.O.N.'s 75
years in Canada, a tea is being
held June 1 from 2 - 5 p.m. at the
Red Cross Room, Market Squre
in Stratford. The Pythian Sisters
are sponsoring the Tea.
MODERN DAY VERSION - This modern clay version of a member of
the Victorian Order of Nurses bears little resemblance to her forebears.
But Mrs. Jan Moore, one of the full-time VON in Stratford-Huron is
even busier and more efficient, T-A photo
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May OL 1973 Page 13 More work Fewer hardships
VON marks 75 years of service