. New Boston; a chronicle of progress in developing a greater and finer city--under the auspices of the Boston-1915 movement. penseswill be about $6,300. Altlioiigh it mightappear upon a superficial glance thatthese social service cases take a greatdeal of time and are expensive, thismethod of treatment is, in fact, econom-ical. It is actually cheaper for societyto spend $50 in caring for a sick baby,learning about its parents, and placingthe family amid home conditions whereall the children have a ciiance lo grow-up healthy, than to spend $ nnrsingthe baby out of illness and sending itback
. New Boston; a chronicle of progress in developing a greater and finer city--under the auspices of the Boston-1915 movement. penseswill be about $6,300. Altlioiigh it mightappear upon a superficial glance thatthese social service cases take a greatdeal of time and are expensive, thismethod of treatment is, in fact, econom-ical. It is actually cheaper for societyto spend $50 in caring for a sick baby,learning about its parents, and placingthe family amid home conditions whereall the children have a ciiance lo grow-up healthy, than to spend $ nnrsingthe baby out of illness and sending itback to the uninstructed parents andunsanitary home, which will bring thesame illness back within three work calls for large cash pay-ments today, but it saves in the futurethe payment in instalments of a muchlarger sum. ^Medical social service is true economy,not only because it deals with in(li^•idualillness, in a preventive way|^but for thelarger reason that its results reach beyondthe individiuil. Modern medicine is con-stantly devising new methods of prevent- Rtients o\ ike. ioUaL ServiCd Department. TK<«oat ^BEISi Total /V«w ?»le.^irr(ct 4 Social 14^2 NEW BOSTON ing disease. Social science is constantlyj)ointing out that many causes of diseaseare social, and that government andcharity must work together in removingthese causes. Medical social service isa means of applying the joint results ofmedical and of social science and ofenabling physicians and the executivemanagement of medical institutions towork together with public agencies in thegeneral effort for a higher standard ofhealth. The anti-tuberculosis campaignhas not only benefited thousands of sick])eople, but has supplied new levers withwhich every good agent in the com-munity, philanthropic or governmental,can attack bad housing and sanitationand spread the propaganda of cleanliness,sunshine and fresh air. Organized socialservice connects the medical institutionwith the life of its community
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