Saptentber 23, 19LS

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  Insbmd of calling a r%%ti.ng of' the Committee at this t&&a, I aa
mnding you a report, together with rqwinta, and a map of proposed &udy
districts in Colornbo.

  Oov%mor Vivian has requested a Survey of oux Hospital Racilitiss
to b% trade by your conaaittss with th% teahnical assistarm of the U. S.
Public Health Serviae and t.'tisr survey will begin about October first. .A
study of' 19 Tuberculosis Smatorka Is alreal@ under way* It is sponsored
by a spclal con&ttee, of which I)octor &NJ Briakmn, Presidant of the
Colorado Tuberculoris Asmciation, is Gh&Lmum.

  For th% general survey, the Stat% has been divided into 12 districts
of SeJveral counti%a each.  s%s ilap.  At the pr%s%nt tims, it is our plan,
with a chsiman to be a%l%ctsd, to bring together lntzrrestsd parties to
whoa ths scope and purpaee of this study may be explained. iach m&her
of the OOv%morrs committee will be notlfictd in advancr whhtn a meeting is
to be held in his district.  The chainnan sglscted for each district will
be asked to &Lain a pLacs to h&d a mmtlng, and to .invi?x intexx+st@d
part;tea to attend.

  Perhaps thee most im~rtmt thin: to b%%r clesrly in ~nind is that the
nation-wide study of hospftal facU~ti%s, of which the Colorado study is
a ?gart, is sponsored by the flComxLssion on &spits1 Care", of whlch Mr.
Thclaae S. C&Ma, IMversity of ?%nnsylvania, it ChsFman and ti. tdxard
L. verson, Prcssident of tb% Board of the Inland Steel Company, ie, Vice-
Ch&h?lUiUk.  Th% Comission on Ho5pit91 I'are is mad% up of regresentatlves
from th% Alilbri.can Hospital Aesootafion, the Protestant Hospital Aasocia-
tim and the Catholic Hospital Association. The U. 5. pOb;ic 8ealt.h
Service is rasrely loaning to the States experts to m&e an invcatory of
existing hospital faclliti%s, and to offer for the consideretim of the
Governor's Cmmittee? such suggestions for tiprovement as %mm to be in-
dicated.

  Th% Federal Oovmnamnt und%r a bill now before Ccm~r%ss, Smate
rsiU Ho. 191, is ask%d to gfv% to the Ytates some portion of th% building
costs of new hospitals recormmded in ths report iand then mthorimd by
local authorities in the States.  This Bill envisages construction only
and not sssintenancar of hos::itals,  If Senate Bill 191 is enacted into
law an inventory of hospital facilities will be a prerequisite to any
Federal aid.  This study will meet the requirements of Senate Bill 191 for
a preliminary plan.


  It is the function of your comaittes to study our present hoapital
facilities aa they rill be mt forth in the Survey and to paas on th@
ti&dm of the racmndations fur improvIng the distribution of hospital
facilities throughout the State.  St is thus clear that the ma$or work
of thia mmittes till be sftcsr the caERpletfon of the studies and thu
analysis of the data by the Camisaion cm Iioapital Care - mmti-.% s-ely
inl@&

   Governor Vivirm ha8 also asked the Amrican Public Health Associa-
tion in Elew Tork City, of which Doctor &@nald Atuatnr, formr3.y of
C;alarsdo, Is Dhwtor, to make a at&y of our State Health Services, and
if Clovernor Vivian1 IJ request is granted you will btt so advised.

  We will keep you infomted of lmwtirrt developwnts, and I take
this opportunity to thank: you for accepting the &mwnorl% request that
ycxx serve on this corsaittee.

R&q%ctfully,

Florence H. &bin, Chairmum
GoV%rnor ' a fzicmaitt%4B on Hsalth