Annual report : 1940 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York.

  • Society for the Lying-In Hospital
Date:
1940
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Credit: Annual report : 1940 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    who have helped in the care of the sick throughout this country. I refer to this long record of public service in order that we may appreciate our debt to those who have supported this institution. To the late Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, his son Mr. J. P. Morgan, and daughter Mrs. Morgan Hamilton, the Lying-In Hospital owes its greatest debt. Only through the generosity and continued interest of this family was it possible to build and maintain the largest maternity service in the City, with its outstanding results and wide influence upon American obstetrics. Other citizens of New York, particularly Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., the late Mr. George F. Baker and his de¬ ceased son Mr. George F. Baker, Jr., have aided the Hospital in no small measure, as related in our Annual Report of 1937. The Ladies’ Auxiliary and the Patrons and Benefactors of the Society of the Lying-In Hospital have assisted materially in the maintenance of this institution. In last year’s report I outlined certain changes effected in the house-staff schedule of training, the institution of a two- year internship and the initiation of a private-service house staff, consisting of a Resident and assistants. It is to be re¬ corded that these innovations have worked out in a satisfactory manner insofar as both the training of doctors and the care of patients are concerned. It will be recalled that in previous annual reports I have expressed the hope for a closer association between the Berwind Clinic and the Lying-In Hospital. In 1940 this was accom¬ plished through the generosity and cooperation of Mrs. John E. Berwind. The two institutions are now closely coordinated as to both the professional and administrative staffs. The Henry Street Visiting Nurse Service entered into an agreement with us by which it will furnish nursing care both in the Clinic and the homes of patients. Miss Katharine Faville,
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