The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-10
ONE CHILD
IN THREE
IN THE CHICAGO SCHOOLS ARE
AFFECTED
WITH DISEASED NERVES
Cause Attributed to Strenuous Urban
Existence-Figures Given.

Chicago, Sept. 10.-One III every
three school children in Chicago, it Is
estimated, is victim of some form
of nervousness, mild or aggravated.
This is the finding of public school
pedagogues after observations extend
ing more than a year. The prevalence
Of nervous disorders among children
is attributed to the following causes:
The strenuous city life.
The impure city atmosphere.
The bringing up Of children IN
fiat buildings.
No relief from noise, day Or night.
Lack Of proper nutrition.
Late hours permitted by parents.
Residence along cable and trolley
car lines.
The finding is based on statistics
collected in every part OF the city.
Of the 800 pupils examined by the
child study department OF the school
board during the last year large
majority of the detectives We're
found to be sufferers from diseases of
the nerves
According to c. c. Krauskopf, as
sistant supervisor of the child study
department, the nervous affections
usually took one of two forms:
Sluegishness and mental depression,
with tendencies toward melancholia.
Cholera, or uncomfortable nervous
twitchings.
DR.. Krauskopf attributed to NAL
nutrition the condition Of many OF
the children brought to the attention
of the department.
"In a great many of the eases ner-
vousness was directly traceable to
lack of the proper food, accompanied
by poor air to breathe, life In fiat
buildings, noise day and night-the
natural results of city life" he said,
nervousness is natural result OF
life in the city,
Supt. Cooley declared that it has be-
come a recognized fact that every
thing possible must be done In the
public schools to counteract the ner-
vous effect of city life.
"To exercise too great devotion to
the school books provokes nervous
ness,' he said, "an dmanual activity
in schools will tend to lessen the dan
ger. We have introduced manual
training and the correlated branches
of study into the schools for the pur-
pose of decreasing the prevalent ner-
vousness. The city life has much
to do with the nervousness OF the
school children-the rattle of the ele-
waited trains, the noise of the cable
cars and trolleys, and the congested
conditions of certain sections of the
city,
A public school principal who has
made a careful investigation of the
subject and intends to publish a pam.
phlet showing the effect of city life on
the child, declared that the parents
have no conception of the "appalline
increase or nervous complaints
among children.
He blamed the parents for permit
ting their children to keep late hours
and 90 into "society,' to attend
dances and theatres while they arr
still in their teens. The public schools
also were held to blame for a measure
OF the evil.
"The children in many instance
are obliged to sit in desk chairs
which do not suit them,' he said
So many children are crowded into
room that the air cannot be KEEP
pure
Teachers in Good Condition.
Of the III teachers examined by tn
child study department during tn
last vacation period only six failed t
pass the physical examination.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.