The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-04
TELLS DUTIES OF
SCHOOL NURSES
DR.. George J. Holiness, Super
visor of Medical Inspection,
States Its Benefits.

1T. deoF6e u. tlolHlts, supervisor OIL
medical inspection in the public schools.
today issued a statement setting forth
in detail the work of the five school
nurses appointed by the Board of Edu-
cation Thursday. The nurses are to
work hand in land with the school
doctors, principals and parents for the
ultimate benefit of the health OF the
children. Following Is DR.. Holiness
statement:
THE Board of Education Of Newark
realized long ago that in order to have
the children grow UP to make good
citizens it is o enough that they
should be trained intellectually. but
that, at the same time. their bodies
must be developed and protected. OF
what use Is all this schooling and study
If. o n reaching young manhood or
womanhood, the boy or girl Is broken
in health?
IAN over the world there has been a
movement to pay more attention TO the
physical side Of the child. No child will
be permitted TO overwork and study to
the peril of its health. 1t will no longer
be possible for the child to attend
year after year with poor eye
sight, suffering with eyestrain, head
ache, dizziness. etc. What parent viii
not feel relieved and welcome such
supervision Of the child's health.
Newark Ranks First.
Newark ranks first in New Jersey
In medical inspection. For eight years
the Board of Education has had a corps
of the best physicians visiting each
school every morning, for the purpose
of examining any child found i'll or sus-
pected of having a contagious disease.
This alone has been of untold value to
each family in the city, by preventing
the spread of disease. A child found
suffering from a contagious disease is
excluded Immediately from school and
every other member of the same house,
hold. The other children in the same
class are removed from the classroom
n the Don closed until 1t is thor
oughly fumigated. The Board of Edu-
+, ton has, beginning with This school
year. added to the department of med
ical inspection a sanitary inspector,
who's duty Il is to go on a moments
notice to fumigate any part or all of a
school.
with a corps of sixteen physicians,
one calling at each school daily, and a
careful fumigation of each classroom
when necessary. 1t Is impossible for an
epidemic to arise in the school. The
children are safer In the schools today
than they are in their own homes. on
the street, or in public places. 1 have
spoken at length on the prevention of
contagious disease. but there is another
equally important branch of the medt-
cal inspectors work, namely, the physi-
cal examination of each child.
Examine from Head TO Foot.
o January l this work began of ex-
aiming each child from head to foot,
tc find out, If possible. in what ~particu-
lar part of the body a given child Is
weak. This physical examination has
been going on for years in other cities,
and has proved OF great benefit. The
examination is conducted in our schools
by the physicians in a quiet ROOM. set
apart for the doctor, includes tests for
poor eyesight, hearing, defects of the
nose. and throat, heart, lungs. bones
and muscles. The public little realizes
the great sacrifice Of time that these
public-spirited physicians are making.
pOolly PdiQ. yci tbty ldltflIully us
charge their duties day after day, exer-
cising unselish vigilance to protect
your child and my child from disease.
TO discover. If possible, the early signs
and symptoms of deafness. poor eye
sight, of the spine, hip dis
ease, etc.
1T is during the school life of q
child that development of all the or
gans and the body in general takes
place. 1t Is during this period that
each child needs watching to prevent
abnormal growth. This Is the oppor-
tunity for the teachers. physicians and
nurses to watch over. protect and in
still in each child the principles OF
health, that will enable them to form
healthy habits and obtain their full
manhood. In order to bring the par
ents in closer relation to the teachers
and physicians, for the benefit OF the
child, the Board of Education has this
week appointed fye trained nurses to
work hand In hand with the teachers,
principals. physicians and parents for
the ultimate benefit of the child's
health and progress.
The Hest Nurses.
? Ht iluiSts ART Tie ptSl lHdt can De
obtained, and it Is not the purpose o.
the Board of Education that these
nurses, on calling at the home of the
pupil, shall deprive the mother of her
rights or interfere with the fan1i y
physician. Their duty will be to visi.
the homes, to explain TO the parents
the needs of the child and TO urge TIE
parents TO take some action toward re-
lieving the disease or defect. Thsse
NURSES are motherly women, traiued.
after years of study and practical
work. to know diseases and desecss $
when they see such. They have orly
one aim in their work, and that Il 70
so carry 1t on as to improve each
cf.d's chances in the li~fe-struggle. 1t
is a noble work, and one that viii
prove beneficial, most of all to the
foreign population, who. perhaps, are
not so we'll versed in the diseases and
defects ofnnaon 20 children, nor the
dangers TO the child In life from neglee.
Of these disease and d fects.
Lectures for re.chers.
The BOa,el Of Education is hare