482,000 Persons Aided by Jewish Federation Agencies in New York During Past Year

More than 482,000 people last year were served by hospitals, heath and welfare agencies affiliated with the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, which provide help in the fields of hospital care, child care and family service, service to the aged, community center services and camping, Ralph E. Samuel, president of the Federation, announced today. The Federation’s $16,500,000 campaign to maintain the agencies and the $34,00,000 Building Fund appeal entered its second week yesterday.

Mr. Samuel noted that since the end of World War II, the yearly institutional statistics of the Federation affiliates had recorded a larger number of people turning to the agencies for help. He disclosed that 230,720 persons received more than 1,300,000 days of medical care in the wards, private and semi-private pavilions of the Federation hospitals. In addition, more than 695,000 free or low-cost visits were made to the out-patient departments of the Federation-affiliated hospitals.

The 22 community centers, Y’s, neighborhood and settlement houses affiliated with the Federation, had a combined annual membership last year of 54,000 persons and averaged a monthly attendance of 349,267 visits, Mr. Samuel reported. In the field of child-care and guidance, 13,925 dependent, neglected, physically handicapped or emotionally troubled children received help from Federation-affiliated agencies. In the field of family welfare, care of the aged and vocational guidance services, more than 25,000 families received counselling and other types of aid, which affected 83,190 persons in all. Vocational aid to 22,634 persons and job placement for 5,258 were also extended during the past 12 months.