Homeplace Hospital: Clinic Report, 1954-1955

Materials consist predominantly of monthly reports from Homeplace Clinic and later Homeplace Hospital, which generally summarize the medical services performed. Initially, reports were directed from the physicians in charge to Dr. Howard Fischbach in Cincinnati, but after 1948, they were sent to the Fund chairman. The reports are typically one to three pages in length. Their contents vary over the period, depending on both the needs of the Board for information and the particular doctors authoring the reports.

Prior to the hospital's completion, reports show the number of doctor and patient visits to local homes, the number of office calls, and the number of paid Health Association members. Reports for the period subsequent to the hospital's opening summarize medical services performed as well as the receipts for these services. Narrative commentaries accompany several of the reports. Summaries of non-medical operational costs are also included. Semi-annual and annual statistical summaries are included in the monthly reports at somewhat irregular intervals.