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housing, and public services are quite inadequate. Problems
stemming from centuries of racial discrimination and prejudice
are everywhere. All these problems make helping truly difficult .”
The patients served are pregnant women who either have social
or health problems which endangers the life of the patient, child,
or both.
The Family Planning Project was initially funded in July, 1970,
for birth control services for patients who were unable to afford
them. Patients are from Columbia and Richmond Counties.
(*7) Letters from Mrs. Elizabeth M. West, dated August 31,1970.
Most of the patients in these two projects are from families
with incomes of less than $4,500 per year, with the majority
having incomes of less than $3,000.
The budget in 1969-70 for Project 506 was $400,000 in round
figures. The Family Planning Project received the majority of its
total budget of $200,00 from the Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare. Neither project has a separate Board of
Directors.
Physicians for Project 506 are provided by residents, medical
students, and interns from the Medical College of Georgia. The
Director is a physician aided by three staff physicians. The
staffing pattern for both projects is as follows:
TABLE 28
STAFFING PATTERN - PROJECT 506
TITLE NUMBER
Director 1
Physicians 3
Nurses 8
Nurse’s Aide 1
Nutritionists 2
Social Workers 3
Secretaries 6_
Total 24
STAFFING PATTERN - FAMILY PLANNING PROJECT
Director 1
Physician 1
Nursing Director 1
Staff Nurses 2
Licensed Practical Nurses 2
Nurse’s Aides 2
Chief, Outreach Service 1
Outreach Worker 1
Chief Social Worker 1
Social Worker Supervisor 1
Casework Assistants 3_
Total 15
A breakdown of staff by race was not given. Project 506 had
1,394 admissions in 1969, of which 1,325 were dilivered and
1,523 were supplied with contraceptives and supportative
services.
Augusta Area Mental Health Association
The Augusta Area Mental Health Association is a United Fund
agency which works toward improved mental health care,
improved services, and prevention of mental illness. There are
only two persons on the staff, both of whom are white. The
Board of Directors is also all white. The budget for this year is
$7,500.
The Director has only been on the job for a few months, but
has regenerated efforts to operationalize a comprehensive mental
health center in spite of reported restistance from the medical
profession. At the present time, mental health facilities in the
Augusta area are woefully inadequate.
The Augusta Dental Association
The Augusta Dental Association has been operative for twenty
years for the purpose of continuing the education of local
dentists. It has a membership of 111 persons -- 106 whites (95.5
percent), 4 blacks (3.6 percent), and 1 Oriental (.9 percent). This
organization has been desegregated for five years.
Richmond County Medical Society
The Richmond County Medical Society has a total membership
of 271, of whom four are black (1.5 percent). This organization
was founded sixty-five years ago and has been desegregated for
seven years.
HEALTH ANALYSIS
To reiterate, Augusta is a medical center; however, there arej£
many factors that dilute its reputation.
For example, the clinics available to low-income families seem
to be open for the convenience of the medical staffs instead of
the patients. Very few are open at night. The majority are open
during working and school hours. By this procedure, adults who
are wage earners could easily lose time from their jobs - which
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means money - and children would have to lose time from school.
Each situation penalized the individual for being sick.
There are relatively few outreach centers, which easily prevents
some persons from obtaining the medical services they need. For
example in Project 506 which covers eleven counties, a woman in
her last stages of pregnancy could have quite a distance to travel
for medical services.
There is a tragic lack of mental health services for low-income
patients. The University Hospital Clinic is only open two days per
week in the afternoon. Talmadge Hospital has the facilities for
diagnostic and out-patient work, but the waiting list is infinitely
long.
Another set of causative factors that weakens the credence of
the agencies is a glaring lack of blacks on boards and on staffs.
Very few of these agencies have a significant number of black
board members. The highest rates of health problems lies within
the black community, yet blacks are not a part of the system
which is attempting to upgrade health care and service.
TABLE 29
NUMBER AND RACE
OF THE
BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF SELECTIVE HEALTH SERVICES
AGENCIES IN
AUGUSTA - 1970
AGENCY TOTAL BLACK WHITE
East Central Health District VII 9 0 9
University Hospital 9 1 8
Children and Youth Clinic 24 9 15
Planned Parenthood 24 9 15
Augusta Area Tuberculosis and
Respiratory Disease Association 35 0 35
Project 506 and Family Planning n/a n/a n/a
Augusta Area Mental Health
Association u/k u/k u/k
Totals 101 19 82
n/a - not applicable
u/k - unknown
Os the five agencies on whom complete figures were available,
the results show that there is a total of 101 Board Members.
Blacks represent 19 of the 101 Board Members, or 18.8 percent.
This percentage is not reflective of the racial composition of the
population served nor of the community.
The staffing patterns of the health delivery systems do not
reflect the racial composition of the community nor the racial
composition of patients to be served. The staffs are either
ignorant or unable to take actions which would create a better
health environment for the community. There seems to be
inadequate attention given to preventative medicine.
TABLE 30
NUMBER AND RACE
OF THE
STAFF OF SELECTED HEALTH SERVICE AGENCIES
IN
AUGUSTA 1970
AGENCY TOTAL BLACK WHITE
East Central Health District VII 80 14 66
University Hospital 1,207 600 600
Veterans Administration Hospital 1,800 400 1,400
Children & Youth Clinic 17 4 13
Planned Parenthood u/k 4 u/k
Augusta Area Tuberculosis and
Respiratory Disease Association u/k u/k u/k
Project 506 24 u/k u/k
Family Planning 15 u/k u/k
Augusta Area Mental Health
Association 2 2
Totals 3,145 1,022 2,081
u/k - unknown
In computing the percentages of black staff members, the
totals above must be changed since data is incomplete on every
agency. Therefore, the totals for comparison will be 3,106,1,018,
and 2,081, respectively. The total of 1,018 black staff members
represent 32.8 percent of the total employed staff.
One elementary and inexpensive method of decreasing disease
would be to develop volunteer trainers to become neighborhood
health advocates.
As the second biggest industry in our country, health care
delivery systems have a responsibility to citizens to provide
adequate and accessible services to all. Even with comparatively
large sums of federal money, the overall health indicators do not
reflect a proportionate increase in the quality of life experienced
by Augusta’s black citizens.
SEE PART 8 Next Week
League Os Women For
Better Welfare Bill
I In an all-day effort in
Congress on May 5, the League
of Women Voters of the
United States met with
senators and representatives on
behalf of an improved Welfare
Reform Bill, and testified on
behalf of OEO in a
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The Congressional activity
took place during a four-day
meeting in Washington of the
League’s National Council,
which was composed of two
delegates from each of the
states and territories. Mrs.
Frank Anderson of Augusta
and Mrs. Sidney Janus of
Atlanta represented Georgia
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Tau Gamma Delta Sorority Inc., Kappa Chapter recently presented the annual
Taugadetta at Gilbert-Lambuth Chapel, Paine College. At this time Miss Debra Kyler
graciously relinquished her title to Miss Ivy Fridie, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Leroy Harper. Other contestants (L—R) Misses Valeria Shanks, Carolyn Wells. Eloise
Allen, Geneva Oliver and Peggy Brown.
Plans for offering Red Cross
swimming instruction on a
community-wide basis this
summer have been jointly
announced by the Augusta
Recreation Department and
the Augusta Red Cross
Chapter.
Testing in the water and
registration for the summer
classes will take place at Chafee
Park Pool, from 3 to 7 P.M.
Wednesday, May 26, and 9
A.M. to 5 P.M. Saturday, May
29. Swimming instruction at
the various levels including
Beginner, Advanced Beginner,
Intermediate, Swimmer, Junior
Life Saving, Senior Life Saving,
And Water Safety Aide will be
offered. Classes will run
Monday through Friday for
two week periods. One hour
classes will begin at 9 A.M. and
run to 3 P.M. and also from 7
League members and spoke
with Senators Talmadge and
Gambrell, Representative
Stephens of the 10th District,
and several other Georgia
congressmen.
During the preceding week,
the Georgia League held its
State convention and adopted a
five-point program for study
and action during 1971-72: a
study of taxation, sources of
revenue and disbursement in
Georgia; a Georgia constitution
based on sound, modern
governmental principles;
countinued support for quality
public education in Georgia
with re-evaluation of its
financing; support for
development of an equitable,
enforceable elections system; a
study of women’s legal rights
in Georgia.
The League is open to any
woman of voting age.
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Red Cross Swimming Instructions
P.M. to 9 P.M. at Chafee Park
Pool. The size of each of the
classes will be limited in order
that quality instruction can be
given; however since almost
continous classes will be
offered throughout the day, it
is felt that more people than
ever can be offered swimming
instruction. Qualified
personnel have been employed
by the City Recreation
Department to enable them to
offer this vital training to the
community. They will be
assisted by Red Cross trained
volunteers. The only charge
will be $3.00 per person pool
usage fee for each two week
period of the classes.
According to Mrs. Myrtis
Deas, City Recreation Director,
arrangements have been made
with Mi. C.W. Rawson of the
Board of Education, for Allen
Pool, Jones Pool and Highland
Pool to be used a portion of
each day for the participants of
the Title 1 Program to be given
swimming instruction. This
instruction will be conducted
by authorized Red Cross
instructors.
John A. Davis, Water Safety
Director for the Augusta Red
Cross Chapter, commended
Mrs. Deas and Mr. Rawson for
the forward steps they have
taken in helping to make our
community safer for more
people.
Since the first series of
swimming classes will begin
May 31; parents are urged to
register their children and
themselves on May 26 or May
29 at Chafee Pool, which is
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About America's First Food
The title “king corn” is more
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first food. Farmers use more
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mals and men than any other
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those wishing to register should
wear their swimming suit.