Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-28
BY MARTHA BENSLEY BRUERE

Child Hygiene OF the Board OF Health OF the city OF
New York Is there any more of that saad!
She FRESH breezy person, not above the of
minded slang and the saggng lines in the faces
about her began to tighten up.
SO here subsidized doctor, the nearest thing
we have to it, Now, was Maria Prescotts contention
right, and ii subsidies needed? The talk of the
table swung into technical fields where could follow
ito new treatment tor an old disease; the latest
test Of famous ser1lm the function of the pituitary
body: incredible operation. 1t evident that
the school doctor knew any more than the others. 1t
wash SILL that gave her the advantage in freshness
happiness and prosperity.
COAXED from the school doctor an invitation to see
1 her work and when got down to her school Office
at five minutes past the morning she al
ready embedded in apron like white
lampshade, and of little boys and girls filing
through the door obscured myself in corner; but
needn have been afraid of interuptng, for the school
doctor was oblvious to everything but the children.
Hurt your finger, have you' Well, that isn't any
YOU shouldn't wash it, How do YOU expect me to
tell which is hurt and which is dirt Go get Clean and
then the will tie 1t up for you, and she gave the
youngster printed slip saying Mot Contagious,
which is OF the first thing to be considered in
public school.
1t evident that the children liked her When she
had to the little wooden tongue depressors child
after child threw open its mouth and automatically said
"A-a-ah!' without any such protest | have seen
made in private consulting If the doctor found
adenolds, rarely the case, medical inspection
having pretty well got the upper hand of them New
York City she wrote notes to the parents telling them
where to take the child for treatment and if Twas
of long standing the certainty with which put
her finger the why it had not been attended
to showed not only pretty full knowledge of the gen
era conditions Of the neghborhood, but Of the affairs Of
each individual family well. And this particular
school, which only OF three of which she had
charge, had three thousand pupils!
"Why haven't you been to see about those tonsls,
Morris? Didn't you give your mother the note sents'
Young Morris hung his head and squiI1ned.
Come, young man. tell me why your mother didn't
take YOU to the doctor!'
"Mein baby he sick and mein mutter amt can
whats the matter with the baby?"
"My baby he sick inside"
"Oh-had the doctor?'
mo, Ma am.'
"Wel, III be this afternoon and see what's the
matter with him., which part of her required
DUTY but an extra a find it hasn't anv limit the
amount of work that ought to be done in connection
with the Schools she went "If didn't need more
than the hundred month the department pays me- I'd
spend all my time on this work Hulo! what's this"
pale, blond little girl with dangling earrings had
in. There dirty cloth round her throat and
heavy black circles under her eyes.
"Come and see the doctor called to when she had
finished her examination.
peered down the red cavity in the little white face
and saw great white spotches and streaks around the
throat.
Looks like another of 'em!" said the DOCTOR getting
a culture tube and swab ready. "There!" corking it
up hastily. all know in a few hours, and in the
time and she gave the little girl slip reading, Bet
ter let go home
Not epidemic Of any sort have we had under this
system. There's chance for the most rambunctious
microbe start anything But epidemics nothing
to the trouble have with eyes They can't to
derstand these mothers and fathers, that there be
anything the with childs eyes they look all
right them. And as l haven't actual police power
can't take child by the scru of the neck and clamp
glasses its nose-I have good deal OF explaining and
coaxng do The mothers have way Of saying to me,
SUSIE 1t amt you wants her to glasses-yes?
Sure she don't get married already init specks! Want
to with this afternoon while look up some Of
these children in their hones?'
NX/E found of the families of whom in
" search hlncfng at a comfortable well spread
board. There old father in a silk cap with
beard that had known the little bent old