The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-25
HEALTH IN THE SCHOOLS
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC IN
STRTCTTON EMPHASIZING
pIBLIC HEALTH WORK.

one of the most important chan
nels in which the educational senti-
ment of North Carolina is now run
ming is that of public health work in
the public schools. Two bulletins,
Eyes and Ears a Publ School
Health Bulletin, and Teaching
Health in Public Schools a bulletin
of the State Board of Health, have
been distributed among the teachers
of the State from the office OF the
STATE superintendent through the
county superintendent.
1hese bulletins are the first IN a
series of health bulletins to be issued
in O junction with the State Board
of Health and the Department of
Public Instruction for the direction OF
the public health work of the publlc
schools. A bulletin of great value
and Importance is now in press on
Consumption, It's Causes and Pre-
vention." Later other bulletins will
be distributed on common, contagious
and infectious diseases and their pre-
vention and on other vital questions
AFT Getting public health.
State superintendent Joyner says in
a letter accompanying the bulletins:
These bulletins contain the infor-
nation needed for the brief health
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all the children of each school at
least two or three times each week. 1t
is important for the COUNTY super
to have one of each OF
these bulletins promptly placed in the
hands of each public scnooI teacn 4
in his county and to require the use
Of it for the instruction of the school,
on this vital question. The little
time required two or three times G
week tor this instruction cannot, ir
my opinion, be so v%aluably used fol
instruction in any other subject
These bulletins will also be maze
largely the basis of the future ex.
aminations on Physiology and Hy.
giene for teachers Certificates. Spe.
cial attention should be given to thi:
public health work in your Count
Teachers Association.
Teachers hould be Instructed t.
preserve all bulletins careful : f..
permanent use. Blank cards will b,
pl ovlded later for the county suIArin
tendent to report the results of tn,
work of the teachers in this line a.
from their reports at tn,
end of the year. Schools that hay,
already closed for the year should b,
PROVIDED by the county superintend
ent with copies of all of these bulle
TINS at the beginning of next wear
SchoolS that are now in session shoul,
pc provided at once and directed +,
, begin this public health work at once
any additional number of any o
T these bulletins or blank forms can r.
!, secured from my office upon reu,,es,
The State has been at c~onsiderahl
: expense in printing and distrihntin,
+, tnese important bulletins on this vita
8 subject and it is the duty of IN
county superintendent to distribut
TINS valuable information so that !
san De made effective for the I'm
. pullolng OF public health throne,
. e roper instruction of the children i
Every pubic school of the CONT,
DO not let the bulletins lie in 10y
o olnce. Unless you are going to dis
: tribute them among your teachar
. t petse return them to my office, $
thav wiu may be distributed wher
0 .ney VIII serve the purpose for VIII,
0 they have been issued" va"
y slr, your son has just Joined q 90,
ni1ia. raternlty. These college frater