The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-27
thompson Fund Trustees
Suggest Plan for More
Cooperation
IDEA is OUTLINED
AT MEETING TO-DAY
Contemplates Creation of Office +o pe
Held by Woman of Experience to
Make Hospital, Mutual Aid and
School Work More Efficient

Representatives of the trustees n,
the Thomas Thompson fund tbe Rra+
tleooro Memorial hospital, the Brat
tleboro Mutual Aid association and
the incorporated school district met
IN the office of DR.. A. I Mile,
TINS noon to consider proposi.
tlon from the Thompson fund trustees
looking to an increase in the efici.
eney of the three organizations. No
action was taken, but the representa-.
tlVes agreed to report the matter to
their respective organizations.
The thompson fund trustees state
that IN the past few years it has been
evident that the hospital, the out-9urs.
ing department of the Mutual Aid az
soelatlon and the health department of
the schools have much to gain bv CO.
operation with each other and that
they have lost much in efficiency
where cooperation and mutual under
standing have been lacking. The trus-
tees think that there is good oppor-
tunity to improve conditions in this re.
speet, not By any attempt to consoli-
date or control the lines of work, but
by the creation of a position to be
held by some woman of experience
whose services should be available to
a governing committee of the organiza-
tons and who would be in a position
TO bring the various branches into
proper and satisfactory relations.
Those familiar with each of those
branches of work. the trustees saw.
Know that in connection with the ma
chine routine of running a hospital. ear
ing for the sick in their homes, and in
speeting and guarding school children,
there are constantly arising problems
that may be called community prob
lens that must be solved rightly or the
work of hospital visiting nurse or
school nurse is largely thrown away.
1t does not good to maintain an
expensive hospital if the patients most
needing its services do not get there.
1t does no good to perform a skillful
operation If the patient leaves the hos
pltal to 90 into conditions that insure
speedy breakdown. 1t does little good
to inspect and guard the child if there
are unremedied home conditions that
are fatal to its well being. There is
little satisfaction in carrying a case
through illness at home if the hous
ing conditions of. the family promise
further and more severe trouble, or if
such service merely allows proper hos
pltal case to be kept away from the
hospital.
The very best and hardest workers
II individual lines become narrowed in
their point of view and jealous and in
capable Of either giving or taking help
unless there is constant means of re-
minding them that they are all part of
a large work.
In suggesting an outline of possible
work for a woman in bringing the or
CARNATIONS into more efficient relations
the trustees say that she could keep
the hospital executive committee in
general touch with the work of the hos
pltal so that they might give it eff
helent directions; have follow-up work
done for discharged patients; act is a
Ink between the hospital and out
nursing organization; assist the ma
tron in the instruction of nurses where
desired; keep the Mutual Aid associa-
tion directors in touch with the work i;
meet such general social problems as
might arise; bring the Mutual Aid in
to cooperation with hospital and school
work; secure cooperation from the va
rious church and civic bodies: or
ganize if found desirable emergency
stations and home nursing instruction
in neighboring small communities. etc.