Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-24

small. After young lady spends
 two years and some $200 or more in
 preparation, waits probably two years
 before receiving alpermanent position,
 and then teaches two years at $400
 without an increase, she is entitled to
 her increase and is justly discouraged
 If not received. 1t is earnestly hoped
 that the city's finances this year will
 permit full increases. If half in
 lcreases are to continue we must ex-
 Ipect falling off in the duality of our
 new material
 I Medical Inspection.
 For some years special attention has
 lbeen given to the problem of the pre-
 lvention of the spread of contagious dis
 eases among school children and the
 detection of disease in general in time
 to prevent further development, There
 are pupils ill our schools who are de-
 ficient in eyesight. in hearing, some
 with growing physical deformities and
 |a few who are feeble minded. The , proper treatment of an these cases re-
 Iquires expert knowledge. If these | ills arc only detected i'll time much can
 be done towards their cure. Such work is not within tue province of the < teacher, but by the physician. If the Icity schools could he divided into sev-
 eral districts and a medical Inspector iaDpointed in each district whose duty should be to visit tho schools in his dis } ltrict and examine a!l suspicious cases , reported to him by tl!e principal, be- , lieve very much would have been done . for the future welfare and happiness of many now neglected children. This E work need not require q large outlay of money. and in fact wherever such a 3 system is in vogue does not. Not only is this inspection work carried on 3 in the large cities but in a large per
 cent of smaiier cities and i'll Inany ] towns
 l would earnestly recommend that . this matter receive your careful con- f sidcration. From paper by Dr E. 9 NJ. Greene, of Boston, l give the fol- , lowing extracts, whic!2 are of special /. interest:
 , Medical inspection CT schools, both o public and parochiaI. was begun in = Boston ill tho fall of 1894. The system ,. is under the control of the board of ,, health. Inspectors are generally se- Elected from the younger men in general q practice. The work requires only the . ability to make accurate diagnosis. The pay of inspectors in Boston is only 7; !, ,$20O a year. Though the salary is U small, the position is an honorable . one, and likely to increase young v mans reputation, though not his prac- J tice directly. Children are not all V lowed to go to his house in connection
 with school work. and any that he
 finds i'll are carefully directed to cal d in their own family physician, or, if l. poor, directed to proper hospital.
 l. "A monthly report, filled out on a O. printed form, is required from each in r. spector The report contains a list oi q the different diseases observed, and the S number of cases of each disease found j. in each school. It also records the i- number of pupils sent home: themum- Is Der of vaccinations performed; the l. number of consultations with teachers ;. in regard to such matters as sending if children out of school for contagious o disease at home, the determining when $. they may return to school, and giving n advice to the teacher on any other sub. k ject. The inspector has to deal with e teachers as well as pupils. The for. IF mer receive such instruction in regard D. Ito the early symptoms of contagious l. diseases as help them to promptly de V tect suspicious cases, and send them : ito the inspector for examination. The l. inspector sees only those children tc l. whom his attention is called by q n printed slip on which the teacher has n filled out the date. name of the child n the number of the schoolroom, and tho q Icomplaint which the child makes. ol a the symptoms which the teacher has q noticed. On each child's slip he re .- icords his own diagnosis. and his ad " vice in regard to excluding the child # from school, or not. and any remarks
 he wishes to make for the information d of the teacher. The child hands tht I aI slip to the teacher, and the latter sends ,s it to the master. who is obliged tC =, keep these slips on file, thus preserving ;s in each school a record of all the i'll s ness that occurs there.
 "The children who come under in 4 spection may be divided into twt = classes: 1-Those who are the sub ~ 1ects of contagious disease and whC It must be excluded from the school fol the benefit of the other children. 9 " Those who are suffering from non-con $, tagious. though perhaps severe and dis I;A abling disease. or who, are mentally li- and physically below the normal stand
 ard. f5s 5s.=.. . ie "If a case of contagious disease il ie discovered, the childs books are wrap r bed up in bundle Gsld sent to tn ie board of health for disinfection or de IT. structf5n. and the desk and seat ar l- washed by the janitor with a stroni
 solution of corrosive snblimate or Tor
 maldchydel If more than one contag 1T ,ious disease is found in any room, eV m ery child is sometimes examined by tn ad i;nspector The question of eXciudln le EcniIdren affected with pulmonary tu ty Ibcrculosis has arisen. Tor the chlid al own sake. as well as to protect others of we advise the exclusion of such chl + Idren. 1t has been i great satlsfas he !tion fo ne to have detected nnmerou 1g cases Of previously unsuspected hyper is trophT of the tonsils. or of adenol ut disease. and to have polntc d. out to these delicate, chror ot IicalIy ailing children the impor Ut lancc of being carefully treated by e in merits ;n diseases of tho throat an D. nose. Another very important sunJec Id. which is brought to our attention dall 41- sA1 rsf