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5 rvice rtort for ome addi- inter- f profescal social ing data facilitate ound to wer in o small orting ospital, f the 52 spitals. voluntary icipal esented. ore than n the 4, and social work ified as ity: Russell Sage

6 hildren, e, one re generally. yed by r, including ts had he average s averaged hey acnal perre the Comd Hosthat k each perations pation in have ad adtatistics of in demonthly e beginen re-. The data from the s a subcommittee of the cal Social Service. Most l social work departments. ooke, Miss Mercedes rs. Mildred Maxwell, L. Mendelsohn, Mrs.. Soule, Ralph G. this year and of the nce Abe of the Department

7 brief reprozed that rk service lying approxibject to s for the cription of ork City, rtments arisons. s defined cial worker ar person roblem. not f a client's all to diagnose ough the robable worker s of two. Following problems problems ilies are erson in efined more en in the cial ember of treating e (in

8 s in which. problem n several quently terviewing ical f patients ve been hospital vice; r data for erviewction, intering of ing ical social ervice is t concern-. ial casevice. Belating to erned has iven. It nal elating^to e nature cases of r, more s per case. ing the se and staff am relates staffs of ncern, un during

9 F PROFESSIONAL PARTMENTS, action th active at addill be was lowest quivalent est in hout the l staff which ring the, this some of robably siderably

10 ever, that al and ave n the ork service orrespondclude those e indiagram is artments. ts in er, alreater for nts in able 1, atistics lowest, artments figures s for the so, the those of luded in - al limits of ever, s. Some more dical social

11 atio is ent to 144 ss wide, n number for the atio de- ORK OPER- 1945

12 s per than pon in the 45 have the s per es reportussell lientvice or her agency tio e agencies part of the per worker. DICAL SO- H. Nov. Dec. he sework ups of latively municipal o interlarger for erviews, onth for gencies, In prepa-

13 y departcies is interviews s included, e volunto that views wer than nts. The e family ith 32 unicipal edical ocial ageno that in ts both for a fifth terviews. two s of derk interare disnicipal ent res occurost ntary bably tment of a 2 departrviews ework held which erviewing

14 explanaorker. raveling s is costly. educed as e caseof caseal workers rkers of rviews be exal workers ical adoluntary his differo ratios for st of both ich has but ns other 's time. e possible tire time ork inters in rately. All a for the departt of the size ber of tios for 1, are They ntary than larger

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18 an acute analysis and separaularly in the placement s informanquiry shortnd of k positions ing sought. o become nth of f the year. s. In some ate was ion of edical or the al and months, ffs of the 52

19 s were ployed at y departnicipal ork posing the year.. Those ow wide ere small, of these e, in one ession fessional to 45 edian s 33.7 the beginnine departnction positions. loyed at. the beginre em- gories l social lerical ctice for rs conember the de up as

20 rs of rs include but one such titles, in the work. ttle more rkers, but, ical social ork extent in medical lerical dical social ely one work ot changed size of ts in rk for e reported o nine. ork municipal ents. In ll-time t departlation conof a

21 however, as a few unteers nnel. lose epartilled posicontains mined s actually MEDICAL

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23 RY WORKER RKER IN e relative ize of proare supworkers nts of ce, very dical social hey serve. ng either cial e been sented in f them are n this

24 e most inics and be number ation. in New York tary ital the ber of e diagram hospitals o this the sugorker per spitals is ever,, or apemployed omputae departata sugtanding ast a third y these e one special l hospitals, r chronic ization has ize of the ls are ng ratios employing of nine orker and

25 atment ing of a ng in rvice must blem ce prointerest fined to a ephone by who is nt, for the ssist in eworker staff is not s with ing ocial caseterviews. only if a dicated entiy is recogem deserving he needed decision to d period. en pre-

26 have been ivided into us year. The subtional. nt cased when practicable ice will not ision to f the open until he closing month. y with the he decision ly or may provided casework discussion d as active ted only ork in the of further ework or n cases, e month rework service, or uation of returns the case ss the ice. If the

27 roblem by cial work obtaining nt, the nly. casework r plans for eed not be who are rk service. lowing ocial ining, qualial t to a - d by of ers, or lity in a school ial work, for which, ork of the hedule

28 y voluncial work y clerical ent should s of t is repropages. st conoads of e staff eparate ials, and if ed may be obtained, partment of the ial work ce in the e recorded between uring cord is left the k aides are in the, the use ework e in the, the orkers of caser the ired, a ework staff

29 RK ases received, hut should omit cases lost, hy transfer hetween workers during the r

30 s with or concerning patients not counted as cases, rability of these figure* with those of the preceding month.

31 including e, or clinic uld be sheets. been. They ent of the ical cases ded.