Evening star., 1942-09-20
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were needed for public health nursing tasks The military
quotas are now 5000 month
The situation IL oompcatod, Of course, by The f..e
that the need for doctors and grows greater -
the home front the supply less. In the ue a
industrial and military mobilization the vast influx Of pcr,
latin since 1910 has far outspped facilities to provide fe
milk and water supplies and proper disposal of scwaee E,h
community without such safeguards is potential dauee
point In the industries Themselves bodied exper
enced workers being replaced by millions of women ola
men and youths They have had less experience IN hann.
materials and tools less able endure the fatieue Of IT,
assembly line Sickness and injury, fair amount Of which !.
prcvenabe take 400 million off the production In
in pcacetme But today there problems vh;ch
may swell this toll alamingiy In some cases. for inse
materials hazardous to the workers health must be und
because the supply of safer substances has been cutaod II
Ahour aay operation of machinery increases the accident
hazard Pressure for speed and continuous production tend.
to relax vigilance and todeay proper sevmg ofmchne.
Pnes force plants to emakehift safety euipmt
Txai.a.g SpssAsA
HE British have set the standard of hltime doctor
and nurse in every factory employing more than 500 persona
We have not been able to do this in many factories which
employ Thousands.
Several governmental measures have been enacted to n
eve the shortage of doctors and Congress has appo
1ted $4,3OOOOO to help put trained nurses into c
c1llation. This program beginning to show some resl1
In addition to the inactive returned duty through
refcsher courses and the nurses receiving postgraduate
training 15OOO nurse students in basic training courses win
have been added this year to the normal quota
10 help meet the military needs for young physcans
schools Of medicine have admitted students and an me
operating 12month schedule By omitting the usrL
summer vacation, students can be graduated IN three instead
OF four years Selectve Service has permitted medical stu
dents and those accepted for entrance in accredited medical
schools, to be deferred until after graduation.
The difficult Of deciding which the doctors
home to treat the civilian population been handed
on voluntary basis by the Procurement and Assign
ent Service for Physans, Dentists Veterinarians
now nm agency Of the War Manpower Commissisn
headed by Paul " McNutt. As an advisory agency working
closely IN oooTaton with the American Medical Association
has rendered valuable service As yet however it has no
legal authority to draft physicians for the armed services
the civilian population.
- xhsgta1M Unequal
ERTA inequalities have arisen from this lack of authority
IN New York State for example, there physician to
.sO persons before the war In Alabama there but to
O persons Many sections of states IN the South and
'outnWet particularly. had smaller ratio Some 0
ne ooct0s these sections held reserve commissions IN the
ny or Navy On inactive status Naturally they have been
aed up Others have volunteered The few remaining have
7' quite unahae to cope with the task of giving medical
are 10 more than hactm of the population
Inc measures undertaken by government and other agencies
reeve the situation have been excellent but it now
'e1 nal they are not enough Suggestions have been made
70 tn action which will help get through the critical