The civil government at Grado Redenta . the Consorzio dei Pe-scatori 11, has reestablished the fishmarket, improved transport, and hassucceeded in providing the asso-ciation with a reserve fund exeed-ing 70,000 lire over and abovethe individual holdings. The Navy also employs suchmen as are still in good health, inengineering work. It has grappledwith the difficulties of the sanitaryproblem, has improved the condi-tions of life, has studied the ques-tion of malaria, of new groundfilled in, of prophylactic remediesagainst typhoid and cholera, andemployed adequate measures forbringing into pract
The civil government at Grado Redenta . the Consorzio dei Pe-scatori 11, has reestablished the fishmarket, improved transport, and hassucceeded in providing the asso-ciation with a reserve fund exeed-ing 70,000 lire over and abovethe individual holdings. The Navy also employs suchmen as are still in good health, inengineering work. It has grappledwith the difficulties of the sanitaryproblem, has improved the condi-tions of life, has studied the ques-tion of malaria, of new groundfilled in, of prophylactic remediesagainst typhoid and cholera, andemployed adequate measures forbringing into practical form the pro-positions of medical science. An ambulatory has been ar-ranged for the townspeople, and achildrens hospital has been set goingin a very complete form. Here arelavishly supplied all the resourcesof science and of bounty. Every-thing is on a small scale, but thereis every necessary for restorationto health. The number of deathamong the children had been about18 per month, but lately it hascome down to no more than Grado : The effects of an aerial bombardment. CHARITABLE DEPARTMENT Is a project of the Command,and is also subsidised by the Ge-neral Secretary for Home Affairs;its aim is careful attention to thewants of children, the women, theinvalids and the aged. It is underthe direction of the Chaplains andMedical Departments of the Navy,aided by a Committee of towns-people. On the initiative of this de-partment there has been establisheda working party of women for ma-king soldiers clothes: a workingparty of girls, where beginners areinstructed and those who alreadyknow how to work are encouragedto persevere; a school of domesticeconomy for teaching the manage-ment of a household. Milk, coffee, sugar, are dis-tributed periodically for the aged,to children, to sick poor among theinhabitants. A shop has been opened forretailing of articles of prime neces-sity at suitable prices. By the Navy too have beeninstituted, and worked excellently, 166 -
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