Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-20
WORK Of THEPAST YEAR
REVIEWED IN REPORTS
Business Considered at Meeting of
Woman's Clinic Auxiliary.
Schedule Of Service.

Treatment was administered to 304
patients by the Woman's Clinic Aux
Hilary during the past year. according
to announcement at a meeting of the
executive committee held yesterday
street northwest.
These patients made 1,455 visits to
the clinic, and the physicians Of the
clinic made more than 800 visits in at
tending clinic patients at Sibley Hos
pital or in their homes. Several ma
ternity cases were attended in their
homes. During the year there were
two evening services, each conducted
two evenings a week; S25 visits were
made the service in gynecology and
surgery. and 1926 visits were made the
service in general medicine. There was
one afternoon service for women and
children; this had 305 visits.
Cases Needing Hospital Care.
Cases needing hospital care were sent
rs follows: Eight cases to Sibley Hos
pital. two cases to Garfield Hospital
and one case to George Washington
University Hospital. Six major and
forty-two minor operations were per-
formed.
Eighteen per cent OF the total num-
Der Of patients are children, 81 per
cent of the adult patients are wage
earning women and girls. A per cent
are housewives and per cent have
patients are over fifty years Of age.
Among the occupations represented by
the wage earners are: Government
laborers, seamstresses, clerks in stores
and laundries, stenographers, book
keepers, hairdresscrs, nurse girls,
mattresses, charwomen, governesses and
folders.
The anniversary of the clinic was
marked by the opening of dental
service four evenings a week. Two adj
ditional afternoon services have been
arranged for, one in nose and throat
hygiene and one in electro-therapeu-
tics.
Total Of Members, 229.
The secretary reported that the or
ganization now numbers 22s members.
Fifty-three members have been added
since the June meeting of the commit
tee, and the sum Of s232 has been re-
ceived in donations since June. The
committee Is making an earnest effort
to increase the membership to 400. This
number is necessary to make the or
ganization self-supporting.
The report of the treasurer shows
that since the organization of the so
ciety in June, 1918. there have been re-
ceived from membership dues, $1,441.
and from donations, $1,5s2. Besides
money donations there have been many
gifts Of equipment or furniture. A small
income Is received from the patients.
The clinic is not a free clinic, for 1t Is
the belief of the organization that self
respecting, self-supporting women
n a
and not be made to feel that the clinic
is charity.
The total amount received from fees
during the year was s511: This is an
clinic by patients. This covers for
the patient cost of treatment, oper-
atoms and medicines.
This year the clinic. it was an
nounced, will undertake some special
lines of educational work. A course
of twelve lectures on keeping Well"
will be given at the clinic Wednesday
or Saturday evenings, and a course of
be given at the clinic Saturday morn
ings. Membership in these classes will
be limited to twenty-five. A number of
the clinfcians will give talks during
other organizations.
Schedule of Service.
The schedule of service is:
Internal medicine-Dr. Isabel H.
Lamb, Monday and Tuesday. $40 to
1870 pm.
Hygiene Of the mouth and teeth-Dr.
Centennella C. Smith. Monday and
Thursday, $40 to 7:30 p.m.; DR.. Mary
e. Abbott, Tuesday and Friday. $50 to
1880 PM. and by appointment.
Hygiene of the ear. nose and throat
DIR. A. Frances Foye, Tuesday and Fri
day, to pm.
Electro-Therapeutic Cora Smith
King, Tuesday and Friday, IL to
pm.
Child Hygiene-Dr. Alice winans
Downey and Margaret Stewart. We'd
nesday and Saturday, 2 to pm.
General medicine-Dr. Rorick Ben
nett, Wednesday and Saturday, to 8
pm.
Surgery and special hygiene for wom-
en- and girls-Dr. Elnora c. Folkmar,
Tuesday and Friday. $50 to pm.
Those present at the meeting were:
Mrs John Hays Hammond. president;
Mrs. Robert Chew, chairman of the
executive committee; Mrs. Julius Lans-
burgh, secretary; Miss Esther Behrend,
assistant treasurer, and DR.. Elnora c.
Folkmar, superintendent.