2 11 50 2282 926 782 84 3 7 16 819 344 257 75 4 9 61 2538 1228 846 68 5 8 66 3846 2053 1394 68 6 4 18 1185 563 452 80 7 19 49 2309 916 753 82 8 15 52 1631 914 711 78 9 5 12 303 260 239 92 10 11 33 1432 707 521 74 11 2 19 1577 617 341 35 12 15 55 2646 1117 725 65 13 3 9 649 172 138 81 14 1 13 942 442 300 70 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Grand 117 483 23602 10911 7888 72 Total: ADMIRAL STITT: reminded the men that at the meeting yesterday afternoon a motion was made to discuss the paper on the “The Social Service Worker” this morning, and there were about 25 minutes for the discussion of each of the four subjects—the social service worker, disciplinary regulations, relation of district managers, and physiotherapy and occupational therapy in hospitals. CAPT. BLACKWOOD: said it was his opinion that the social service worker has done more to aid the Commanding Officer and to follow up the work on the ex-service man, as well as the service man, than anything else he knew of that has been introduced into the hospitals. The social service work in the Navy is all done by the Red Cross, one of the most wonderful organizations in the United States for doing good. SURGEON CHRONQUEST emphasized the point that diversion and recreation should be distinguished from the social service, with which it is so often linked. SURGEON LASCHE: stated that at first he was sceptical about the introduction of people under extraneous control into the hospital, but that he incorporated the Red Cross into the official organization of the hospital and made the director a member of the staff. He believed in keeping a fairly close supervision over the activities until he knew the individual, and made a rule that the social worker should send a carbon of every letter written about the patients to the officer in charge. It was found that at the beginning there was no possible reason for about 30% of the letters written, but only one-half of one percent of the letters produced harmful results. He said he was inclined to think that owing to the fact that the Red Cross has the benefit of a nation-wide organization that for the present it is very much better to utilize their services than to establish government employees to do the same work.