The urgent need for medical facilities for the aged poor, disclosed by the recently completed survey of 1,000 recipients of old age relief allowances conducted by CWA doctors who visited them in their own homes, was emphasized by Dr. Frederte D. Zeman, medical director of the Home for Aged and Infirm Hebrews, at a meeting of the welfare council’s section on the care of the aged.
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