Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-28
BILL FOR MEDICAL
SCHOOL INSPECTION
Babbitt Submits Draft
OF Proposed Act
To Frear

Among the bills which Superinten-
dent\ of Public instruction Babbitt
has drafted and submitted to the
Governor is the following on the sub
jcct of medical inspection:
Section /. The Department of
Public Instruction of the Territory
of Hawaii is hereby authorized to
appoint and assign Medical Inspect
ors, who shall be qualified physicians,
to hold Office during its pleasure and
to receive such compensation as It
may fix. II shall provide proper IA
Cilities for the performance of their
duties as prescribed in this Act and
shall make rules and regulations for
their governance.
Section 2. Every Medical Inspect
~ shall make prompt examination
and diagnosis OF all children referred
to him as hereinafter provided and
such further examination of teach
ers janitors and school buildings as
In his opinion the protection of the
health of the pupils may require.
Section 3. The principals or teach
ers of all public schools shall cause
to be referred to Medical Inspector
for examination and diagnosis every
child returning to school without
health certificate after absence on ac-
count of illness or unknown cau:r;
and every child showing signs Of be-
ing in ill-health or of suffering from
infectious or contagious disease un-
less he be at once excluded from
school
Section 4. The Department of
Public instruction shall cause notice
of the disease or defects, II any, from
which any child is suffering to be
sent to parent or guardian. Any
child showing symptoms of smallpox,
scarlet fever, scarlatina. chickenpox,
measles. tuberculosis, diphtheria,
| v hopping cough, humps, or trachO-
ma. shall be sent home Immediately
and the Board OF Health at once noti-
| fed
Section Z. The Department of Pub
lie instruction shall cause every child
in public schools ~ be separately
and carefully examined at least one,
in every school year to ascertain
whether he Is suffering from defects
| Of sight or hearing or other disabll
lily or defect tending to prevent his
receiving the full benefit OF his schoo
work. The test OF sight and hearing
shall be made by teachers. Notice o.
any defect or disability requiring
treatment shall be sent to the paren'
or guardian of the child and a phys
ical record of each child shall be KEEP
in such form as shall be prescribed
by the Department of Public lnstruc
| ton. No treatment shall be givcI
hy the Medical Inspector in such ca
pacity.
Section G. The Department OF Pul
lie instruction In consultation will
the Board of Health shall prescribe
directions for tests of sight and hear
ing and shall furnish to the school
suitable rules of instruction, ties
cards, record blanks, etc, necessar
( for carrying out the purposes of thi
Act.
Section 7. The Department of Pu
lie instruction shall provide for stu
dents in the Normal School instruC
don and practice in the best method
of testing the sight and hearing @
children and shall provide a child
study laboratory for the study q
backward and defective children an
the instruction Of teachers in metl
DDS OF testing same.
Section s. This Act shall take 81
feet from and after the date of Il
approval.