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Statistics of Medical Social Casework in New York City: 1945

Author
Ralph G. Hurlin
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Publication Date
34 pages

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This report presents data related to the casework service of medical social work departments of New York City hospitals in 1945, with topics related to staff turnover, casework process, and staff size relative to hospital size.

RALPH G. HURLIN was director of the Department of Statistics of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Sterilization as a Practical Measure

Author
Hastings H. Hart
Ebook
Publication Date
12 pages

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A paper read before the American Prison Association at Baltimore in 1912.

HASTINGS H. HART was director of the Department of Child-Helping of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Meeting the Problem of Mental Defectiveness

Author
Hastings H. Hart
Ebook
Publication Date
8 pages

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This paper, read before the New York State Conference of Charities and Correction in 1913, is concerned with the best way to help people with mental deficiencies and what roles they have in society. It estimates annual costs of care in the state of New York.

HASTINGS H. HART was director of the Department of Child-Helping of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Exercise and Rest

Author
Luther H. Gulick
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Publication Date
18 pages

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This 1910 paper explains the importance of rest, particularly socializing outdoor rest and recreation, as a key to exercise. Rest is the solution to bridging the gap between knowing how to be healthy to actually being healthy. Exercise and Rest also explores the effect of recreation on mental health and sanity.

LUTHER H. GULICK was director of the Department of Child Hygiene at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Social Work in Hospitals

A Contribution to Progressive Medecine
Author
Ida M. Cannon
Ebook
Publication Date
257 pages

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A 1913 survey of the status of hospital social work, Social Work in Hospitals is born of the evident need for exchange of experience among hospitals around the country, as well as a desire for a more conscious and consistent effort to establish standards for social work in hospitals. Topics reported include the mentally unbalanced, employment for the handicapped, single mothers, organization of social workers, and the future of hospital social service.

IDA M. CANNON was head worker of the Social Service Department at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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The Relation of Physical Defects to School Progress

Author
Leonard P. Ayres
Ebook
Publication Date
10 pages

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This paper, reprinted from the Eleventh Annual Report of the City Superintendent of Schools, New York City, 1909, by the Department of Child Hygiene of the Russell Sage Foundation, attempted to examine any possible relations between physical disability and school progress in children.

LEONARD P. AYRES was director of the Division of Education at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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The Health Show Comes to Town

Author
Evart G. Routzahn
Ebook
Publication Date
32 pages

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The Health Show Comes to Town is a report of a public health education campaign led by Dr. W.W. Peter in U.S. cities.

EVART G. ROUTZAHN was associate director of the Department of Surveys and Exhibits at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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A Child Welfare Problem

Author
W. H. Slingerland
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Publication Date
30 pages

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A study and recommendations on the care and cure of enuresis, or, bedwetting, in child-care institutions.

WILLIAM H. SLINGERLAND was a special agent in the Department of Child-Helping of the Russell Sage Foundation.

 

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Treatment

Methods Employed by Organized Charity in the Rehabilitation of Families
Author
Porter R. Lee
Ebook
Publication Date
19 pages

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An analysis of how organized charities can work efficiently to best treat families in need in regards to health, education, employment, recreation, and spiritual development.

PORTER R. LEE was general secretary of the Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity

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The Registration of Illegitimate Births

A Preventive of Infant Mortality
Author
Hastings H. Hart
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Publication Date
25 pages

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A paper read before the American Public Health Association at Rochester, New York in 1915.

HASTINGS H. HART was director of the Department of Child-Helping of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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