Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-19
You Can Telephone Courteous Service Assured

tpFs rphtefiAHa are sfflNd tbsM
ssryicss 70 this oaus~. IN the majority
Of cases absolutely viihou, compen.
tion.
Thus, New York n pi~nu.uIiy sssp.
piled with dirp.nsar1ss. but ne Pubs
Health comnists. tsiisvss ths, thaif
quality could BE- improved upon.
"Df late tire dlsD~nesris~ nave lsksn
on functions along the Ines Of pre-
vsntive medicine and puhlir health, OK
This development IL s,iii IN lts infancy."
is the committees rrsf criticism
The great opportunities cf ths 1is-
pensaries In the flsldm 81 10Th curative
and preventive medicine have nos 80
yet been fully sraspsf by the lnw'itu.
tons, nor have their s,cisi re@pon aihii-
itiss been clearly resiizef."
In other vords. the COMMITTEES rnis
inc dispenssriev quite sricienf ir me
treatment ~ specific lls. such az ar
abscessDd ear or broken Ies buf hey
DO not give compisfo physical szsnl.
nations % determine fhs ssrern
health of a patient. they 40 no, a. In
( for educstionsl work such ss the fHsrh
Ing OF good health HABITS ard lhay d.
not. have the time for tha .ort ~ foi.
ioW-up .ork that would make them
one ~ the greatest NcisI lnrus1cs w
the community. Only a few - tha dis
/ Dsnsaries. as yet have WsI-orza nfv..r
socisi service departments
! Two things that slso naed iruro~rfsis
arnslioration IN the clinic Droes1urs
I it sayg. are The rsrstFon % rsifirr
/ tine before admission and tn~ fn~sncf
of assigumen, of patients % el'nrs
Patients are made % psit undsly Iorr
/ periods D, time. which is hardshir faf
most % them n thsy are srnpioy.6 ~
~ in the case o. mothers. n thsy hsvs
domestic iu,ier The conruisf~~ be
lieve mat this could DO osvis,st -
large srtsnt Dy a syefefn % sDr~frf
rnsnts. az IL customary n privss. p~sr
tice. such = system % 1ov y~ov'rs
very successful ~ trr Mayo Cif-fs a.
Rochester
Then, p mort Sispa- -sarfa~ ne
synptous ~ the patients s-s r-ro~rsc
Dy q lay regis'rar-Brusily. the effrf
secretary-who nnskeg a rou~t fiss
nogis and asgigns the Dsfi,rf - NJ
particular department % fne cHrk
which VIII take care - hiru. But or-r
after hours q waiting. ws@r "a ar-ivrf
az this department. ne dsgno->. tsrrs
out 70 bs Incorrect. and BE- ha- ~ -
transferred % an Entirely fi~ersr- a..
partment-sorss-irles % ar sr-fr-fv
different clinic
The COMMITTEES h-'ievs. trss ~ .~-T
could easily be correct-T % es~h ciiri~
had a diagnostic 1iv.S,r w~s-s
patients with chronic dis~Asss 80 edfh
noe easily recognizable unsi-si~. eouid
receive an exznnin-ssors By a group ~
physicians repre-sn,irR he various d~-
partments of the disn~r~rv B~~suss
you have Kidney trouble. % 1. nos a.
De supposed hat you have rotnios el-
animation may Ga.cioa. oth-r ns thaf
need attention.
~ am afternoon clinic rsr~uriy vLsate1
BY The reporter. over 60 people - ne
hard-workins type uers vzitlns fos
their registrations and frat tr-~sra~rfs
Some Of them we're obviously zu-erin1
but they continued % 80 patlsntiy on
4 row ~ hard. wooden ss~ars "a ~.
afternoon wore on ard only a thlrr
Of their number rad reached tho fronf
Office In that Office. where one ps.ienf
was admitted az a time. all wNS con.
fusion. Doctors rushed IN and 0lf
hunting lost rscnrcs. the telephone lu-
tsrrupte1 every ether second. ard fhf
young lady Tro was attsmpunE o.
take down the patients history wore
dazea. expression
DO you wonder that snrnetiusa zot
the people mixed zpf" she askes
wsarny. as The clock pointed to dVt
minutes after The clinics ciosaaE time
and the procession q PATIENTS sal
kept On.
But ta.nA q thsa. soc aaasd
enthusiastically. ~zonns q them l1tu1x
there al Afternoon va4t.nA for tnsar
turn and now having 20 80 nome
without setting any attention a. AZ.
"A few clinics IN N-~ York. lnclll41x
notably the Neurological Insl.tute. are
open 20 tae pubic gpon a slAainx ~cals
ol charges. fx-d IN accordance with
each persons income. but ne pay cllalc
is a comparatively recsat -s~elcpmenf
here Usually . - opposed en- ths
grounds that 10 intesferes With ne uus-
ness Of private pTa-ctal4onsrs. wnich
the corngnlttea nn1s re~r~ttsole. ir.s-
much as there ~ al urgent lsc4 for
dlspensAry treatment aDon. Lls miaala
classes. Because hs u not ricn enough.
the man q moderate income Caalot
AFFORD private consultations with high-
priced specialists. and because ne u noi
poor enough. he % Geaied their aid in
the cliRlcs.
Forwith al ths.s f>llts. a. tha Puhlc
Health Comal-ttse sees theIa. ths dls-
pensAries % he better type pr0xi40
the poor o. our bis cities Vita pracac-
ally the same medical aid that tas rich
receive from prominent spvclalists. %
they can DO - much under their present
physical and financial restrictions. nov
much more could they 10 with mcrs
money and equipment Al1 should
they not De open 20 al Who osAIoi
AFFORD thu services of specialists
The COMMITTEES has remedy for thli
this waiting period Of the patients
evil also. however. 70 ocliefce thar
could easily Dc used for educAtio-s
purposes. Novins pictgres dc.llins
with certain health sspects. lt aayr.
could DC shown, large posters c0nCsrn.
ins health matters could n plAccd ou
the walls of the dispensary, whcro thc1
could DC road from distance. and
other methods OF health e1ucation cm-
ployed. DieteSic demonstrations u bc-
lieves. would Also bo % great value M
this connection. When not On usc dur
ing clinic hours. the dispensary might
also be used FOR lectures. ciasfCa Ht
dietetics. corrective gymnastics and the
teaching Of hygisne. in other words.
Il suggests. The dispensary should
strive 70 become the health cducatiuIl~-
center of the. neiShborhood.
an the matter of fees, The chniga Nar*
widelN. No effort has been made to
stapdardize charges. Usually ths
charge j. very low. although in some
dispensaries the registration Zee is ar
high as one dollar. Municipal hos
puais charge no fees Whatsoever h
their outpatient departments. bus pay