. New York Nursery and Child's Hospital Annual Report. to science tests in the young children whoare in our care, for we are too busy,—though we have a wide field ofmaterial for the Psychologist and Psychiatrist. In evidence that we areadvanced, I would add that six months earlier than the subject of thetaking of the foot prints of infants was exploited we had resorted tothis, as our rule,—thus supplying to babies and parents the means ofidentification which, on occasion, may be very necessary in the courseof human events.—thus our little inmates leave foot-prints in the sandsof time on arrivi
. New York Nursery and Child's Hospital Annual Report. to science tests in the young children whoare in our care, for we are too busy,—though we have a wide field ofmaterial for the Psychologist and Psychiatrist. In evidence that we areadvanced, I would add that six months earlier than the subject of thetaking of the foot prints of infants was exploited we had resorted tothis, as our rule,—thus supplying to babies and parents the means ofidentification which, on occasion, may be very necessary in the courseof human events.—thus our little inmates leave foot-prints in the sandsof time on arriving,—as our Hospital hopes to do in its departing, inthe final accounting. Sixty-six years ago the Nursery and Childs Hospital was word Nursery was then appropriate, as a primary purpose was thecare of the children of wet nurses, of whom, as statistics showed, be-tween 1854 and 1859, about ninety per cent never lived to see theirfirst birthday. The wet nurse is now obsolete. We need a modifi-cation of our name. Edward L. 29 Report of the Executive Committee To the President and Board of Directors: The year ending September 30, 1919, has shown the institutionemerging from the difficulties of the war period,—a large hospital doinga great work. Although some two years ago the affairs of the Hospital were ata very low ebb, your decision at that time to continue in full the Hospitalwork has been justified. Without decreasing the free facilities of theservice, the Pay Patient Service has been increased by the purchase ofadjoining property and transferring from the Hospital buildings to thespace thus made available, the living quarters of many of the this means the yearly deficit has been reduced, but far from eliminated. We have probably proceeded as far as we can, along the lines ofreducing our deficit by increasing our income through Pay Patients andour only source left is the generosity of our friends. Physical Operation.—The physical
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