The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-18

The children are being driven TOO
hard for their physical equipment, an
they are not being driven in any palt'c'
ular direct,on-you nisht as well e&'
pect one train starting from The Gram
Central Station to cover the railroad
map Of tn United states in a day as
single chills mind % grasp the varI'
ETY. of lessons he is required 10 study
ty the present school system, 1t Is
far better, in my opinion. to start ii
one particular direction and get there
How Many Can speII7
How many public school graduates
can spell?' the Health Commissioner
continued earnestly, He asked the ques-
ton a. much OF the lean trees OF Cen.
ira Park AS ne did OF me. for sc were
standing al the window OF the Commits
sioners office, at F'ifty-ttth street and
Sixth avenue. 80 didn, answer.
Wouldn't 1t he better 10 teach chill
dren thoroughly to read and write ant
syell?" MIR. Darlington continued
From such an equipment boys anc
girls can pursue their own education
b" reading books and keeping In toucf
WIKI III. worlds progress in the news
papers.
I'm give YOU some plain facts abou
health conditions among pubic suhoo
children which will prove that am no
theorizng When preparing for ;ht
organization OF the Health Depart.
ment Bureau Of Child Hygiene, es'
tabished in August OF 1908, an eX.
pertinent was conducted covering III,
last six weeks OF the school year
OF 1875. Three schools we're chosen II
| different parts Of the city. where DIFF
ferent nationalites predominate, ant
| an inspector and a nurse assigned L
each. These schools were No. l4l a
No. 49, West Fifty-eghth street wher,
the prevailing nationality Ia Irish, No
100 at RivIngton and Suffolk streets
where Jews predominant and No. IA
at One Hundred and Fourth and On,
Hundred and Fifth streets, nea,
Second avenue. where Italian children
are in the majority.
Examined 1900.
In these schools abou, 800 children
not specially selected, were examined
with these results:
In the Fifty-cighth street schot. 3
per cent. Of the children examined
needed medical treatment, In the Riy
inston street school IS per cent, an,
In the one Hundred and Fifth stree
school % per cent
The most important defects n..dln
treatment were those OF vision (lc pc
cent?, nasal breathing (Ss per cent? ny
| pertrophed torsis $50 per cent?, anae
mia Us per cent?. and teeth (7s pc
/ cent?.
School No. lso was reported to nav
more defective children and more de
ferts per child than the others, An
seems to show an especially high nam
Der Of enlarged tonsiis 1874 per cent
In school No, l6o and No. 1ss, man
children were found with defective mass
breathing il3 per cent; 1911 per cent
and defective vision CAS- per cent; 80
per cent? In No 80 there appeared (
ne considerable difference between tn
sexes with respect to anaemia, there h
Ing 10 per cent. among the boys and
per cent. among the girls; In all school
together. the figures are 10 per cent. &c
boys and IS per cent for girls. In oths
respects, however, there appeared Il
marked preponderance on the part {
either sex.
There seemed to he n slight decrea,
In the' number OF defects In the olde
children. This may nave been PARTIAL
due TO the replacement OF defective frs
teeth by sound permanent teeth; It
.Ible also that treatment may hay
been provided for the older children. A
FOR grade, defective vision, nasal breatl
Ing and hypertrophlci tonsIls vel
slightly more frequent In the Low.
grades"
Opposed to Luncheons.
Bu', Dr. Darlington" interrup,e,
are not these startling figures due
m~,nutritlon' Don't you approve OF d