New hospitals needed in greater New York : Recommendations by the Standing Committee on Hospitals of the State Charities Aid Association with a report on present conditions and future needs.

  • State Charities Aid Association (N.Y.). Committee on Hospitals.
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[1908]
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Credit: New hospitals needed in greater New York : Recommendations by the Standing Committee on Hospitals of the State Charities Aid Association with a report on present conditions and future needs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    New Hospitals Needed in Greater New York. A report by Phil P. Jacobs,-January i, igol INTRODUCTION. In Greater New York, where the care of the sick in its 160 hospitals with their army of 200,000 patients treated each year, lays annually upon the municipal and private purse a burden of over six and one-half millions of dollars ; and where the problems relat- ing to this care are constantly becoming more and more complex, it is obviously of the greatest importance that there should be some well-planned and well-regulated system of hospitals and a definite policy upon which new hospitals should be located. Yet, this city, with a length of over 35 miles and a breadth of over 10 miles and with a population of over 4,000,000, has nothing which can rightly be designated as a policy upon which it can base the location of its hospitals to meet either the needs of the present or those of the future. To establish such a policy, based upon a careful consideration of all the facts, an investigation of the present hospital situation in Greater New York has been made, in order that some scheme might be evolved, which should provide for the care of the sick needing hospital treatment both now and up to 1920 with the greatest degree of efficiency, and which at the same time should involve a minimum cost to the city. Two objects, or ends to be derived, were kept constantly in mind in this investigation. The first of these objects was to arrive at definitely proven conclusions, as to what additional general hospital accommodations are needed to meet the present needs of the city. The second object was to gain definite conclusions by which we might be able to foresee what new hospitals will be needed in 1920, and where they should be located to meet the needs of that date. The data on which this first question was decided included per- sonal visits to every one of the fifty-nine general hospitals in the city, a careful personal examination of the different districts in which these hospitals work, together with an analysis of the population, and the number of sick needing hospital treatment in each district. In determining the second question as to how many beds are needed for future needs, the.subject of population was carefully studied. Forecasts, based upon all the known factors, such as increased