The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-04
SCHOOLS SECOND DAY
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awakening to the Importance Of side
stepping disease. Parents demand
physically strong bodies as foun-
dalton for strong mentalities. In
1908, 294 of 321 towns and 80 of SO
Massachusetts cities had adopted
medical inspection. The teacher is a
necessary supplement to the inspect
or, in fact, she is all important in
recognizing symptoms of disease and
notifying the proper authorities at
once Many case which might have
spread to epidemic form has been ar
rested in the individual through this
system which is taking fast hold on
all intelligent communities"
DR.. Wood was warmly applauded
and owing to the lateness of the hour
the discussion of his paper was post
poned until afternoon and adjourn
ment taken until o'clock.
DR.. Woods paper was discussed
yesterday afternoon by DR.. II. e. Sar-
gent Of Brighton and DR.. A. c. Bailey
of Randolph, DR.. William Lindsay of
this city being excused. Dr. H. D..
Holton presided and the two papers
were very interesting throwing con-
siderable light on the situation in
Vermont and, incidentally, provoking
the statement that efforts will be
made this fall to secure medical in
spection in schools by act of legis-
lature, such inspection depending on
each town. DR.. Sargent presented
an interesting argument and DR.. Ball
ey urged closer attention to coughs
and colds as well as more serious
maladies and the support of the &C.
ton of the health officer and teacher
by the parent. DR.. Holton suggested
that whooping cough had caused more
deaths in the State the past year
than measles, diphtheria and scarlet
fever, and said it should be as close
ly quarantined as any communicable
disease, although it was generally
carelessly regarded. E. M. Pike of
Mendon participated and DR.. Wood
closed the discussion with brief ar
gument concerning the prevalence OF
decayed teeth in children and the
teaching of hygiene in the schools.
Dr.. Farrand's Address.
The feature of the afternoon was
al standard. There can be but one
stanaard-moral equality. Let faith
er ask young man as leading
question whether he is physically
clean, that his financial prospects may
be gone into. That much every father
would do in the case of horse or
dog Yet he does less for his daugh-
ter. Once let young men realize that
such question will be asked them,
and that will be more effective for
morality among young men than all
the preaching Of the past thousand
years
Schools of Hygiene.
IF we expect the parents to impart
information on sexual purity, they
must acquire it primarily from some
competent source. Members of the
medical profession have advocated for
years that hygience should form part
of the curriculum of the public
schools and the question discussed
the presence of DR.. Livingston Far
Irand, secretary of the National Asso'
Iciation for the Study and Prevention
of tuberculosis, Of New York, whose
theme was Tuberculosis in Relation
Ito the Public Health Officers" DR.
lFarrand traced the early work along
this all important line and said tina
the commits zion had been WATCHING
the progress of Vermont in the tn
berculosis campaign, convinced tina
we were ideally situated by reason o
numbers and equal distribution Il
cope with the disease and test certain
measures more thoroughly than 9th
er States under other circumstances
The education of public opinion j
one of the greatest factors in tn
fight against the white plague. "Ther
; lis a tendency" said the speaker 80
the health officer to wait for publ
opinion to justify his private idea
instead of leading public opinion t
realization of the importance of tn
campaign against disease. TIL
= health department of city should re
! ceive that support and aid which
invested as a matter of course in 9th
er departments of municipalit,
, such as fire and police department
and which the health department us
ually feel the want of. The activ
work in stamping out tuberculosis
> has been a matter of ten and fiftee
: years. Before that we were gropin
our way among strange places. 1t
: now the absolute agreement OF a
= forces that compulsory notification
|. disease is the vital force in stampin
out future cases. The National Asst
citation is insisting that physician
who decline to, or do not report cast
of tuberculosis, shall be punished
) for a misdemeanor. Vermont is a.
j. preaching the time when she will 81
l, 1.-THE situation in this light.
e "The next step, once the public a.
i proval is gained, is TO attack the di
ease in order to prevent 1t. II
d body must be built up to resist Il
n attack of bacilli and there must
"a general and adequate provision II
, the institutional care and segregatiC
of careless tuberculosis patients. II
- careful consumptive is not sour
e of danger In the United Stat
l. there are 22,700 institutional beds II
al 1 100000 tubercular patients. TT