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Burlington Self-Survey on Human Relations: Final report, 1950
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49 No Negroes were employed in any position in two of the hospitals. In the third there were two Negroes on the staff; a staff nurse and another worker at the level of "all other paid help," a category including mainly service occupations. Two hospitals failed to reply to the question regarding policy governing appointment of Negroes to staff positions, while one reported no definite policy. In one institution the absence of Negroes on the staff was explained as due to the fact that none applied, since the positions were specialized. Both of the two institutions for the training of nurses have indicated that their policies are favorable to the acceptance of Negro women as nurse trainees. One of the institutions replied that there had never been any Negro trainees enrolled in that institution, while the other indicated that a Negro woman had completed training in 1950. Replies state that it is not the policy of either school to make a differentiation in nursing assignments because of race. The Negro trainee who had graduated in 1950 was placed in a position in Burlington, according to the reply from that institution. The reply further stated that two Negro nuns had completed a course in Nurse Aide work recently. Nursing and Boarding Homes Fifteen, or 72 percent, of the 21 nursing and boarding homes approached in this study returned questionnaires with sufficient data to be analysed. Bed capacity in these homes ranged from 1 to 19, with two or more persons sharing the same room in a number of cases. Among the 117 persons reported admitted to these institutions during 1949, there were no Negroes. In fact, fifteen reported that no Negroes had requested admission during this period. In the one home (12 bed capacity - 9 room) where two Negroes had requested services, they were not admitted. At the end of the questionnaire from this institution (the only one where Negroes had requested admission) (the following comment was added:
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49 No Negroes were employed in any position in two of the hospitals. In the third there were two Negroes on the staff; a staff nurse and another worker at the level of "all other paid help," a category including mainly service occupations. Two hospitals failed to reply to the question regarding policy governing appointment of Negroes to staff positions, while one reported no definite policy. In one institution the absence of Negroes on the staff was explained as due to the fact that none applied, since the positions were specialized. Both of the two institutions for the training of nurses have indicated that their policies are favorable to the acceptance of Negro women as nurse trainees. One of the institutions replied that there had never been any Negro trainees enrolled in that institution, while the other indicated that a Negro woman had completed training in 1950. Replies state that it is not the policy of either school to make a differentiation in nursing assignments because of race. The Negro trainee who had graduated in 1950 was placed in a position in Burlington, according to the reply from that institution. The reply further stated that two Negro nuns had completed a course in Nurse Aide work recently. Nursing and Boarding Homes Fifteen, or 72 percent, of the 21 nursing and boarding homes approached in this study returned questionnaires with sufficient data to be analysed. Bed capacity in these homes ranged from 1 to 19, with two or more persons sharing the same room in a number of cases. Among the 117 persons reported admitted to these institutions during 1949, there were no Negroes. In fact, fifteen reported that no Negroes had requested admission during this period. In the one home (12 bed capacity - 9 room) where two Negroes had requested services, they were not admitted. At the end of the questionnaire from this institution (the only one where Negroes had requested admission) (the following comment was added:
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