Evening star., 1950-09-20

pitals, including the Washington
Home for Incurables, provides for
an increase from SO to SLIPS in
the per diem rate of impatient
treatment. The out-patient rate
is 50 per visit.
The estimates include $4,000 as
the grant for general repairs at
Columbia Hospital and $400, 900
for reimbursement to the Federal
Government for services to the
District by Freedmen's Hospital.
Weuld Add Dental Clinics.
The Health Department hopes
to add two new dental clinics to
it's present IL full-time ones and
increase the half-time services at
the Georgetown Health Center to
a full eight-hour day.
Twenty-Five new members are
sought for the dental services
staff, including senior dental
clinician, four dentists and four
dental hygienists.
The new clinics would be for
colored children. The Commits
sioners were informed the need
for additional dental services "is
very great-especially for the
congested colored school popula-
ton in the Northeast and South
east areas"
Personnel and supplies totaling
So, 900 were asked to operate an
out-patient service for sick chill
dren of medically INDECENT families
registered with the departments
clinics at the Gales Center.
The department also proposed
to establish two new maternal
and child welfare clinics in the
Lily Ponds and Parkview areas.
A total of 81 new employees, in
cluding IL attending physicians,
is requested for the maternal and
child welfare service.
New War on Rodents.
The Bureau of Public Health
Engineering seeks a group OF
technical employees to bolster the
war on rodents.
Development Of the milk in
dustry Into a highly specialized
field of public health endeavor'
was cited in request for a milk
technologist. The department also
asked a veterinarian supervisor
five veterinarians and food in
spector for work on milk.
Several weaknesses in the
Health Department were brought
out at the recent milk hearings
which could have been prevented
If a qualified technologist had
been in the employ of the Dis
trict," the Commissioners were
| informed.
It was estimated the District
would have 1000 licensed dairy
farms permitted to send milk into
the District soon, as compared
with only 1851 on July j, 1850.
They would require $4,000 inspec-
tionS a year.
Mental Hygiene Bureau.
The department asked for nine
new employees for the Mental Hy-
giene Bureau, including four psy-
chiatrists, a psychologist and two
psychiatric social workers. to help
cut down the number of mental
cases hospitalized. A 1852 case
load of 800 children, 600 adults
and $50 epileptics was recon-
mended.
Two employees sought for the
Bureau of Cancer Control would
enable the department to provide
another cancer detection clinic
and increase the number of ex-
aminations from an estimated a.
600 for the current fiscal year te
1000 next fiscal year.
The new budget proposal would
permit Gallinger Hospital to &C
cept volunteer services in connec-
tion with operating the institu-
tion. It was explained offers have
been received from time to time
but must be refused because there
is no legal authority for accepting
them.
New paid positions for the hos
pital would total 1896. at a cost o1
l$1,067,557.
Gallinger's personnel increase
requests include provision fol
stating the new crippled chill.
dren's and pediatrics buildings
now under construction.