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Burlington Self-Survey on Human Relations: Final report, 1950

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We fully explain our arrangement to colored patients: they don't go to church together - don't live in the same home or don't eat at the same table in our hotels, and some people, even some of the best patients might object to mingling with them in the office, and we must not lose our best patients.... And have good easy, flexible big mouths to operate in.
(Study #508B - Schedule #2)

A dentist in general practice who has had no Negroes apply for service for a number of years, suggests that the dentists on the Sponsoring committee of the Burlington Self-Survey do the dental work for Negroes in Burlington and lend the way to a solution. 

If the problem should arise of dental work for Negroes in Burlington, the dental sponsors of Burlington Self Survey would make a very capable group to do the work at first and lead the way to a solution 
(Study #508B -Schedule #10)

Summary and Conclusions
   Concrete problems are self evident in the materials collected in the study of health services to Negroes in Burlington. 
   On the basis of figures available from two hospitals, Negroes were hospitalized at the rate of 8 in every 100 in their population, while the rest of the population was hospitalized at the rate of 12.3 in every 100. In view of the fact that there appears to be no public of tax supported hospital in Burlington and that no free bets were indicated as available in any of the three private hospitals, the rate of

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58 We fully explain our arrangement to colored patients: they don't go to church together - don't live in the same home or don't eat at the same table in our hotels, and some people, even some of the best patients might object to mingling with them in the office, and we must not lose our best patients.... And have good easy, flexible big mouths to operate in. (Study #508B - Schedule #2) A dentist in general practice who has had no Negroes apply for service for a number of years, suggests that the dentists on the Sponsoring committee of the Burlington Self-Survey do the dental work for Negroes in Burlington and lend the way to a solution. If the problem should arise of dental work for Negroes in Burlington, the dental sponsors of Burlington Self Survey would make a very capable group to do the work at first and lead the way to a solution (Study #508B -Schedule #10) Summary and Conclusions Concrete problems are self evident in the materials collected in the study of health services to Negroes in Burlington. On the basis of figures available from two hospitals, Negroes were hospitalized at the rate of 8 in every 100 in their population, while the rest of the population was hospitalized at the rate of 12.3 in every 100. In view of the fact that there appears to be no public of tax supported hospital in Burlington and that no free bets were indicated as available in any of the three private hospitals, the rate of