Surveys Children's, Crittenden, Grace, New Grace, Harper, Holy Cross, Mt. Carmel, Mercy, Providence, St. Joseph's Mercy, Sinai, and Woman's Hospitals as to medical and nursing staff, and patient practices.
Contrasts state white and non-white rates; discusses Michigan's unfavorable position in state rankings and the number on Michigan killer of non-whites--tuberculosis.
"Compares representative samples of Negro and white aged living in [Detroit] metropolitan area and points out the differences in need for, use of, and out-of-pocket expenditures for health services."
Using information obtained from half the Negro students (about fifty) at the University of Michigan in 1939-1940, considers economic, academic, social and health adjustment problems.