The demands on Henry Street Settlement nurses in 1934 for the care of the acutely ill were greater than ever, according to Miss Margaret Wales, general director, in her annual report, made yesterday. The number of patients last year was 45,599, as compared with 41,563 in 1933.
A total of 519,000 visits to the homes of 99,000 patients was paid by the Henry Street nurses in Manhattan, the Bronx and Queens, the report shows. The bulk of the calls was made in the lower East Side of Manhattan, Miss Wales said.
Contributions totalling $59,665 have been received by the service since December 20.
HELEN HALL WILL SPEAK ON SOCIAL SERVICE TODAY
Helen M. Hall, director of the Henry Street Settlement and a member of the President’s Advisory Council on the Committee of Economic Security, will speak this morning at eleven o’clock on “Where Are We in Social Service” before the lecture group of the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies at the Hotel Savoy-Plaza.
Miss Hall is president of the National Federation of Settlements, and is a member of the Foreign Policy Association.
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