The San Francisco call., 1904-03-18
TO SAFECU ARD
PUPILS HEALTH
Board Will Inaugurate In
spection System in Pub
lie Schools on April 1

The Board of Health decided yester-
day to put into effect on April 1 its
proposed system of inspection of the
health conditions among the pupils of
the public school department. At a
recent conference the cooperation of
the Board of Education was assured in
the taking of precautions against the
dissemination of certain diseases by
contact of pupils.
To that end the board has been in
communication with number Of ply
sicians who have signified their willing
ness to make daily inspections in the
various schools. A letter was ordered
to be sent to the physicians who have
volunteered their services in that con-
riection. The letter says:
THE plan, in brief, is to visit the pub
lie schools of the city and make a class
room inspection with the idea of de-
tecting the presence of disease in the
early part Of the incubative stages in
cases of contagious or infectious dis
eases, and to detect the presence of
CIIOIllC COHulllOIS WHICH nave CSCdPCO
the observation of the parents. The
object gained is intended to be the
early arrest of the spread of contagion
in the schools and the reference of these
acute and chronic cases to the family
physicians of these children. Daily
or weekly reports complying with GER
tain printed forms will be required in
order to tabVlate the proper results Of
this inspection
The board adopted Health Officer
Ragan's recommendation that inspec
tions and analyses of all milk supplied
by dairies to householders be made reg
ularly twice each month. The board
also raised the standard of butter fats
in milk from 80 per cent to 3.5 per
cent, owing to the fact that adultera-
tions have become very frequent. The
bi-monthly meteorological inspections
will be made because formaln is still
being used by some unscrupulous deal
ers to preserve milk.
The raising of the percentage of but
ter fats is in accordance with the de-
sire Of Mayor Schmitz, it having beer
found that the infant mortality has
been sensibly decreased in New York
by the adoption of the higher rate.
The board ratified the appointment OF
DR.. w. M. Lawlor as receiving secrc-
tary at the City and County Hospital
at salary of 500 per month. Lawlor
succeeds r. Ehrlich, who was appointed
January last when the board assumed
office.
DR.. w. ]. Williams was appointed
resident physician at the Pesthouse al
salary of $3.50 per month.
The board condemned the cellars Of
premises numbered from 709 to 7511s
Sacramento street and ordered them tc
be torn out and placed in sanitary con-
dition.
Drs. A. E. Scott and H. d. Power
were appointed consulting physicians al
the Almshouse. F. P. Curran was ap-
pointed night watchman
The board adopted the rules and reg
ulations formulated by City Physician
Beatrice NJ. Hinkle, NJ. D., for the pro-
posed system of sanitary inspection by
the trained district nurses. These will
aid the inspecting physicians in the i'm
provement of sanitary conditions. the
system being in successful operation IN
New York City
The board appointed Drs. Harvey and
Stinson a committee to look into the
matter of ventilation of new buildings
it having been discovered that the or
dinance relating thereto is being vio-
lated.