Annual report : 1945 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York.
- Society for the Lying-In Hospital
- Date:
- 1945
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Annual report : 1945 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![TO THE SOCIETY OF THE LYING-IN HOSPITAL Report of the President for the Year 1945 The Social Service Department of the Lying-In Hospital has made a splendid showing in 1945 as in the past. Having had an extra allowance for personnel from the United Hospital Fund, we started the year full of optimism. We have, however, had many disappointments with the result that we finished the year with only Mrs. Kinzel and Miss Wiegand, both of whom have carried on the work splendidly for many years. The difficulty of finding good social service workers is well-known but whereas we thought we were well settled, illness forced one after another of our workers to resign. Nevertheless, the high standard of our work has been maintained. One new departure during the year was the forming of an Occupational Therapy Department under the Chairmanship of Mrs. Searls. The Board felt that in the nursing shortage the value of occupational therapy was very great as many of the patients have no visitors, very few of them have any desire to read and, therefore, find the time of their hospitalization very long and boring. The Occupational Therapy Department under¬ went various changes in policy and personnel. After consulta¬ tion with Dr. Stander, it was decided to open in the fall with the services of a trained therapist who would give five days a week to the work. Meanwhile, after the resignation of Mrs. Oppenheimer, Mrs. Affelberg carried on with the help of the volunteer workers until the summer closing. Some difficulty was met in finding an applicant for the expanded work. Miss Spargo, of Payne-Whitney, found Mrs. Lacey who carried on, on a two half-days a week basis until the end of the year. Thanks to the foresight and efficiency of Mrs. Bateson and Mrs. Locke, adequate materials were obtained for the sewing class and layettes. Mrs. Burton reported dues, for the Babies’ Alumni, of $2,077.99. This project, which was started by [14]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31711078_0016.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
