{"id":49193,"date":"2018-01-08T18:26:49","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T23:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=49193"},"modified":"2018-01-08T18:38:10","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T23:38:10","slug":"health-care-services-facilities-southern-appalachian-region","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=49193","title":{"rendered":"Health Care Services and Facilities in the Southern Appalachian Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pine Mountain Settlement School<br \/>\nSeries 14: Medical, Health and Hygiene<\/p>\n<h2>Health\u00a0Care Services and Facilities in the Southern Appalachian Region, 1955<\/h2>\n<p><strong>TAGS:<\/strong> Appalachian region; health services; health facilities; Southern Appalachians; Council of the Southern Mountains; Perly F. Ayer; Tuskegee Institute; Adella Shields; Lewis W. Jones; 1955; hospitals; physicians; dentists; nurses;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>One of the first systematic studies of health resources of the Southern Appalachian area, this 30 page booklet, assumes that &#8220;Southern Appalachia is an entity; it is different. It should be the object of social research of the most penetrating type.&#8221; Robert M. Metcalfe, M.D. Council of the Southern Mountains<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Council is pleased to make this\u00a0survey [on health care services and facilities, 1955] available to all who have an interest in health problems. In addition to the information summarized in this printed report, statistical details for each of the 257 counties in the nine states area are available in the files of the Council of the Southern Mountains.&#8221;<br \/>\nP.F. Ayer, Ex. Dir. Council of the Southern Mountains<br \/>\nBrea College<\/p>\n<p>REPORT TO COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS<br \/>\nby P.F. AYERS, Executive Secretary<\/p>\n<p>HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND FACILITIES IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION<\/p>\n<p>by RURAL LIFE COUNCIL, TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE<br \/>\nLEWIS W. JONES, Director of Research<br \/>\nAdella R. Shields, ResearchAssistant<\/p>\n<p>TABLE OF CONTENTS<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>CHAPTER I<\/td>\n<td>The Southern Appalachians<\/td>\n<td>page 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CHAPTER II<\/td>\n<td>Health Conditions in the\u00a0Region<\/td>\n<td>page 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CHAPTER III<\/td>\n<td>Physicians, Dentists, and Nurses<\/td>\n<td>page 14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CHAPTER IV<\/td>\n<td>Hospitals and Other\u00a0Institutional\u00a0Health\u00a0Care Services<\/td>\n<td>page 22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CHAPTER V<\/td>\n<td>Distribution of Health\u00a0Care Services<\/td>\n<td>page 25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>APPENDIX I<\/td>\n<td>Sources of\u00a0Data<\/td>\n<td>page 30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>GALLERY<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid 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