Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-12-26
SCHOOLS AID IN FIGHT
ON CONSUMPTION.

against tuberculosis now being car
ried on throughout the world, many
Of the public schools of the United
States are taking q new departure in
teaching to the children the nature
causes, dangers and prevention of con
sumption. A text book entitled Sim
pie Lessons on tuberculosis or Con
sumption has just been placed in the
seventh and eighth grades of the Dis
trict Of Columbia. The Massachusetts
educational authorities, acting under
a law of the legislature of 1908. are
establishing courses of instruction on
tuberculosis in all ct the schools OF
the state. In addition to these pubic
movements many Of the private or.
CARNATIONS throughout the country
have established. ani are establishing,
open air schools for consumptive chill,
dren, 1t being estimated that about
two per cent of the pupils in the
larger city schools have tuberculosis.
The first public school for con-
sumptive and pre-consumptive child
rem to be established in the United
States was openes In Providence, r.
l., last January. The sessions were
held entirely In the open and the
benefits of the fresh air treatment
were combined with the teaching and
training of the pubic schools.
This experiment led to other move
ments. both public and private. The
Brookline Anti-Tubcic ulosis Society
opened a school for tuberculosis chill
dren in July which is still success
fully conducted In Boston a school
for consumptives was opened under
private auspices in July, it being the
intenzion to keep 1t open for the sana-
mer months only, but so successful
were the results of lnis work that the
city school authorities recently decid-
ed to take over the work and set aside
a permanent building for this purpose.
In Pittsburg a similar school was
opened in September, and the marked
benefits which the children have al
ready received from this training have
led to its enlargement. THE soard
of education of New York city has
just granted a teacher to the Belle
yue Hospital Day camp for the. pur
pose of conducting school there, and
consumptiVe teacher has been Sc
cured TO teach the consumptiYe chill
dren. This school Cill be conducted
on the deck of an old ferry boat.
In all of these schools the children
are kept in the open air all day long.
Most of the buildings used are opened
On three sides and are SO constructed
as to furnish unlimited supplies OF
fresh air without dyaughts. Desks,
blackboards and other paraphernalia
are provided in these schools just the
same as in the regular institutions.
The children study and recite in the
open air. even during the coolest
weather, and the Percentage of colds
among them is far smaller than
among children in the ordinary public
schools. In most Of these fresh ali
schools soap stones are provided for
keeping the feet warm in cold wealth
er.
In addition to these specially con
Quoted schools several Of the state.
have required that the important fact
about tuberculosis be taught in tn,
lower grades of the public institutions
Michigan was the grst state TO adop
measures Of this kind. BY an act o
1895, the public schools are requires
to give instruction or the nature 0
tuberculosis and other infectious dis
eases. In New Jersey progressiy
steps are being taken by teaching tn
children in the schools set Of sphoI
isms on consumption. In Massacnu
sets a section on the nature, danger
and prevention OF consumption, is bs
ing inserted in all Of the physiologies
In the District OF Columbia specia
text book has been provided in wnic,
instruction Is given concerning seer
ing in the open ais, the dangers Q
splitting; the way u ereveut eonsumI
ton. and other Kindred topics. Dallas
Texas, is the latest city to adopt tn
/ method of teaching children about cor
sumption in the shooIs and within
few days .'Tubefculosis Primer
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| win be in the hs-sds of every pup