UNITED STATES
               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                
                                
                          SCHEDULE 13G
                                
                                
            UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT of 1934
                   (AMENDMENT NO.          )*
                                
                 Healthcare Services Group, Inc.
                        (NAME OF ISSUER)
                                
                          Common Stock, $.01 par value
                 (TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)
                                
                               421906108
                         (CUSIP NUMBER)
                                
                                
Check  the  following  box  if a fee  is  being  paid  with  this
statement  |_X_|.   (A fee is not required  only  if  the  filing
person: (1) has a previous statement on file reporting beneficial
ownership  of  more than five percent of the class of  securities
described  in  Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment  subsequent
thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of
such class.) (See Rule 13d-7).

*The  remainder  of this cover page shall be  filled  out  for  a
reporting  person's initial filing on this form with  respect  to
the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment
containing information which would alter the disclosures provided
in a prior cover page.

The  information  required in the remainder of  this  cover  page
shall  not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section  18
of  the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934  ("Act")  or  otherwise
subject  to the liabilities of that section of the Act but  shall
be  subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see  the
Notes).











CUSIP NO. 421906108   13G       PAGE   2   OF   5 PAGES




1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
  S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
       Rockefeller & Co., Inc.
       I.R.S. Identification No.: 13-3006584

2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
       Not applicable.          (a)       |_|
                           (b)  |_|

3 SEC USE ONLY


4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
       New York


                           5      SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF                  473,500

SHARES                6      SHARED VOTING POWER
                                -0-
BENEFICIALLY
                            7      SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
OWNED BY                   473,500

EACH REPORTING    8      SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                -0-
PERSON WITH

9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
       473,500

10      CHECK  BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES  CERTAIN
SHARES*
                  Not applicable.

11     PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
       6.0%

12     TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
       IA

              *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
                                
                                

Item  1(a).     Name of Issuer:                              Page
3 of 5

          Healthcare Services Group, Inc.

Item 1(b).     Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

          2643 Huntingdon Pike
          Huntingdon Valley, PA  19006-5197

Item 2(a).     Name of Person Filing:

          Rockefeller & Co., Inc.

Item 2(b).     Address of Principal Business Office:

          30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10112

Item 2(c).     Citizenship:

          New York

Item 2(d).     Title of Class of Securities:

          Common stock, $.01 par value

Item 2(e).     CUSIP Number:

          421906108

Item 3.        If  this statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-
               1(b), or 13d-2(b), check whether
          the person filing is a:

(a)       Broker  or  Dealer registered under Section 15  of  the
               Act,

(b)       Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act,

(c)       Insurance Company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the
               Act,

(d)       Investment  Company registered under Section 8  of  the
               Investment Company Act,

(e)  X    Investment Adviser registered under Section 203 of  the
               Investment Advisers Act
          of 1940,

(f)       Employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund which is subject to
               the provisions of the
          Employee  Retirement  Income Security Act  of  1974  or
               Endowment Fund;
          see 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F),

(g)       Parent  Holding  Company, in accordance with Rule  13d-
               1(b)(ii)(G),

(h)       Group, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(H).

                                                  Page 4 of 5

Item 4.        Ownership

          As of December 31, 1994:

     (a)  Amount Beneficially Owned:

          473,500

     (b)  Percent of Class:

          6.0%

     (c)  Number of shares as to which such person has:

          (i)   sole power to vote or to direct the vote 473,500,

           (ii)  shared power to vote or to direct the vote   -0-
,

           (iii)       sole  power to dispose or  to  direct  the
disposition of 473,500,

          (iv) shared  power to dispose or to direct the  disposi
               tion of   -0-  .

Item 5.        Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

          Not applicable.

Item 6.         Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf  of
          Another Person.

          Rockefeller & Co., Inc. ("R&Co.") is making this filing
on  behalf  of  three limited partnerships for which  it  is  the
investment  manager.  Each of these clients,  individually,  owns
less  than  5%  of these securities.  Each of these  clients  has
executed  an investment management agreement granting  R&Co.  the
right  to  exercise full discretion with respect to  all  matters
relating to the stock of the Issuer held by them (including  sole
voting and dispositive power).  Thus, while R&Co. is for purposes
of  this filing regarded as the beneficial owner of the shares of
the  Issuer held by each of these clients, each of these  clients
has  the  sole right to receive dividends from, and the  proceeds
from the sale of, the securities of the Issuer owned of record by
each of them.

Item 7.          Identification   and   Classification   of   the
          Subsidiary  Which Acquired the Security Being  Reported
          on By the Parent Holding Company.

          Not Applicable.

Item 8.         Identification and Classification of  Members  of
          the Group.

          Not Applicable.

                                             Page 5 of 5

Item 9.        Notice of Dissolution of Group.

          Not Applicable.

Item 10.  Certification.

           By  signing below I certify that, to the  best  of  my
knowledge  and  belief,  the securities referred  to  above  were
acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired
for  the  purpose of and do not have the effect  of  changing  or
influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were
not  acquired  in  connection with or as  a  participant  in  any
transaction having such purpose or effect.


                           SIGNATURE


           After  reasonable  inquiry  and  to  the  best  of  my
knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in
this statement is true, complete and correct.

February 8, 1995
(Date)

/s/David A. Strawbridge
(Signature)

David A. Strawbridge/Vice President
(Name/Title)