THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH WORK AIMING AT IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE IS STRESSED IN A BOOKLET PUBLISHED BY THE UNION OF OSE SOCIETIES, WHICH RENDERS HEALTH AND MEDICAL SERVICE TO POOR JEWS. THE BOOKLET, WRITTEN BY L. GOURVITCH, GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE UNION, IS ENTITLED “TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF OSE.” IT POINTS OUT THAT DESPITE GREAT DIFFICULTIES IN THE LAST THREE
YEARS, THE OSE UNION SUCCEEDED IN MAINTAINING ITS NETWORK OF INSTITUTIONS AND OPENING FIFTEEN NEW INSTITUTIONS.
DURING 1936 OSE MAINTAINED 22,700 CHILDREN IN SCHOOL HYGIENE CENTERS, WHILE TOZ, ITS AFFILIATE IN POLAND, MAINTAINED 41,700 IN SUCH CENTERS. OSE MAINTAINED 3,350 CHILDREN AND TOZ, 14,250 IN COLONIES. THE OSE SUPPORTED 250 MILK STATIONS.
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