The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
HEALTH CONDITIONS IN the PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
interesting Address Delivered Before
teachers bv Superintendent Bliss.

interesting Address Delivered Before
Teachers bv Superintendent Bliss.
The following address was giver
by superintendent Lafayette Bliss
before the teachers of our public
schools last week. 1t is here pub
lished in the belief that it will be
good reading for parents as we'll al
teachers:
The school authorities of the
Range country have always been
responsive to all demands for i'm.
provement in the sanitary condi.
tions of our schools. The new build.
,ngs in Biwabik, Coleraine, Ely
Eveleth, Hibbing and Virginia have
beeu constructed after the most
approved models in this respect
and the health conditions in nearly
all the older buildings of these
towns have been substantially i'm
proved by the installation of new
heating and ventilat1ng systems
within the last three years. Every
year the school attendance in these
towns has at times been seriously
affected by the usual epidemics of
mumps, measles, whooping cough;
and sporadic cases of scarlet fever
and diphtheria, but through the CO.
operation of the local health author
tiles and the vigilance of the teach
ers epidemics of the last named
diseases have been of rare occur
rences. Whenever a case of any
contagious disease appears in fam.
lilies where there are school chill
dren, the health department should
promptly notify the office of the
city superintendent of schools, that
he may take measures to have the
children of such families withdrawn
enforced until all danger is passed
SCHEDULE RELATING TO CONTAGIOUS
DISEASES.
Pupils may return to school after
having had
SCARLET FEVER-In not less than
four weeks from date of rash. if
disquamation shall have complete
ly ceased, and there be no appear
ance of sore throat.
| MEAsLEs-In not less than three
weeks, if all disquamation and
cough have ceased.
GERMAN MEASLES (Rotheln)-In
three weeks.
| CHICKEN POx, AND SMALL POx--
When every scab has fallen off.
HOPPING H-After six
weeks from commencement OF
whooplng, provided the spasnodiC
cough and whooping have ceased
and all cough has completely
passed away.
DIPTHERIA-In not less than three
weeks, when convalescence is com.
pleted, there being no longer any
form of sore throat. nor any kind OF
\ discharge from the throat, nose
eyes, ears, etc, and no albuminuria
OPTHALMlA-Not until there has
been a complete absence of dis
charge for at least one month, o,
; until the inner surfaces of the eye
lids are found on inspection to be
quite free from granulations.
Pupils exposed to cOntagiOr
should remain from school from
date of exposure in case Of:
Diphtheria-Seven days.
Scarletina-Fourtee days.
Measles-Six:een days.
/ German Measles-Ten days.
\ Chicken Pox-Fourteen days.
Small Pox-Twenty one days.
Mumps-Fourteen days.
Whoop;ng Cough-Twenty-eigh
! days.
! The rigid enforcement of the fore
\ going schedule by the teachers il
/ necessary to the welfare of tn
school children and our communi
ties, but this is next to impossible
J without the cooperation of tn,
\ physicians of the respective schoo
districts and the patrons of tn
schools.
Every possible precaution shoult
be taken to secure proper healtl
conditions in the schools of thi
> section of the state. The janitors
( teachers and pupils should be con
stantly reminded that, if cleanli
ness is next to godliness then SOAP
sunshine, pure water and pure all
are important means of grace, no
to say absolute necessities in orde
to preserve good health.
} Science and popular education
! are our most effective weapon
X against the ravages of disease. Tn
\ world is rapidly ridding itself o
the fallacy that science alone cal
eliminate our physical ills, and i
beginning to realize the truth O
\ that old adage: Gan ounce of pre-
4 vention is better than a pound O
\ cure" Science in recent years ha
\ made great progress in discoverin,
the causes of disease, and the phys
J iciau has accomplished great result
D by his methods of healing, but tn
\ greatest need in medicine toda
\ consists in ucating the people Q
\ to the best methods of PREVENT1N