New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-10
o,uere's Plans Call for
Enlarged Health and
Welfare Departments.
ppOJECT TO SAVE
100000 A YEAR
uould Consolidate Hospital Con-
,,or Hinder New Charities and
Health Organizations.

fiff Oramot a." ''N'-'
a., made public tho details Of his
=. for organizing an enlarged Dc
-.,, o. Health. = Department o.
IL Welfare and a Department Of
49,. end Structures. The report was
s,,ny presented 20 tho Mayor sew
=, vc,ss ago and approved by HIM,
..4tals have been introduced IN the
,..,,,ure BIS Senator Brown 20 carry
o.. the changes.
The plan proposed contemplstes the
,,,.olidation, in part, OF the Depart
..,,, Of Charities and Health and
p,u.yuo and Allied Hospitals, which,
. IL estimated. VIII result in an ap-
,,o,ims,c annual saving Of Sl.0000o0
d, the city. ard tho reorganization Of
n. Bridge Department into = Depart
-,nt Of Plant and Structures.
IN, plan establishes an enlarged
g,,th Department, which would take
,r., the management OF all tho hos
,ial, Of the city. II transfers 10 this
s.urtm.nt the control Of hospitals
,,r under Bellevue and Allied Hos
.,,l. and the Department or Public
fs,riti.s. and Of sheltoring instltu-
.s-s other than the municipal lodging
iogse.
New Welfare Department.
Tts new Department of Welfare IS
"A take tho place o. tho present De-
r,rtnent OF Charities. Il Will exercise
IA functions Of supervisor Of the
,oor in committing public charges 10
,-ivste institutions. supervise the care
~ srch charges m private Institutions,
,ccept charges IN public institutions,
continue the work OF social investga-
ron now performed by the Department
n Public Charities. perform executive
work for the Board Of Child Welfare.
md operate the Public Employment
Bureau.
Referring 20 the establishment Of
Vefsre. Mr. Brucre says:
public charity work is nov taking or
broader significance IN New York. Its
i'm is increasingly preventive. and for
n. Development Of preventive meas
ures special organization should he
maintained. The present Department
81 Public Charities. as a department Of
social Investigation, has before it work
Of enormous value which should not be
i.opsrdzed by merger with the activ'-
les Of health and hospital department.
refer 70 the investigation OF appil-
esnts for admission 10 private and pub
hc Institutions. the economic recon
s,ruc,icn of families. the bringing to-
esfher OF separated husbands and
wives. the invcstigation Of applicants
.or widows pensions, the supervisor
Of child caring institutions now snei-
.sring as public charges 23,OOO o.
New York City's children. and other
Yi.sl responsibilities which are outside
he field OF institutional management.
these. with the working out OF future
measures 20 improve social conditions
are the tasks 20 be assigned 20 the
Department OF Public Welfare.
Health Bureaus Duties.
The report recommends that there
hs constituted a new Department OF
Public Health under single Commiss-
soner. which will have four major d.
visions. OF prevention, treatment, rec
ord and sanitary control. II Is sug-
rested that the following hospitals be
assigned 10 the enlarged department:
From Bellevue and Allied Hospitals
Bellevue. Gouverneur. Harlem, Ford
Ian and Neponsit hospitals and the u
ssrculosis Day camps. From the Depart
-,nt Of Public Charities-City, Metro
p,li,sn. Neurological. Kings County.
Cumberland Street. Bradford Street,
Qeney Island. Sea View and GreenpoinI
.ospitais, New York City's Children :
Hospital and schools. Hunters Island
Hors. New York City Home for Aged
and lrfrm, Brooklyn Home for Aged
Ard lnhrm, New York City Farm Col
ery, drug department and morgues.
Tie Health Department will retain
:. present institutions namely, WI
ard Parker Hospital, Riverside Hos
pa. Kingston Avenue Hospital and
Oasyille Ssnatorium.
Referring 70 the saving 20 the city,
~ Bruere said:
Possible economies resulting from
re cons0lidstion o. hospitals in the
Department o. Health cannot precisely
% forecast, but without doubt con
reersb.e saving would be effected -
,Fst' through lover supervising cost;
second, through better use Of facilities;
i'ird. through greater emphasis upon
preventive work. which will cut down
=. demand for hospital treatment. In
n;ltutions Of this kind savings fuctu-
';.. Economies gained this year may
% absorbed next year by the growth Of
population. A saving OF approximate
y tOOoOo0, either 10 actual money or
= extension % service. should in my
,sagnen, result from reorganization As
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