Honolulu County HI Archives News.....MISS CATTON TO RETIRE AFTER 25 YEARS SERVICE September 21, 1945
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UNKNOWN NEWSPAPER September 21, 1945
 Margaret Mary Louise Catton, director of social service for the Medical 
Social Service association of Hawaii, will retire September 30 after 25 years 
of service.
 Miss Catton was the first island born woman to graduate from a professional 
school of social work and became a pioneer in initiating medical social 
service measures in the territory.
 Besides developing the social service organization from a staff of one, 
herself, to 14 workers, Miss Catton has expanded its scope to serve 
Kauikeolani Children’s and Kaukini hospitals in addition to the Queen’s 
hospital.
  The pioneer social service worker was born in Huelo, Maui. Her parents came 
to Hawaii in 1878. Miss Catton was educated in private schools in Honolulu and 
Scotland.
  She entered the New York School of Social Work in 1917 and majored in 
hospital social service for two years.
 Upon her return to the islands she interested the Hospital Flower society in 
promoting such a service locally.
  In 1923 the society gained the consent of the directors of the Queen’s 
hospital to try medical social service as a one year experiment. It was so 
successful they asked that it be continued.
  The present organization, previously named the Hospital Flower Society and 
the Hospital Social Service association, is chiefly supported by its member 
hospitals and the Honolulu Community Chest.
  Medical social workers assist doctors in treatment by bringing to their 
attention personal and environmental problems of patients and help patients in 
meeting and overcoming these problems.
  Miss Catton was appointed director of the social service, Medical Social 
Service association of Hawaii, in 1923.


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