The Press., 1912-05-22

of inexperienced young men, who have obtained position through politi. cal pull, and it degenerates into mere mechanical routine. This has become the state of affairs in many of the New York public schools, so I am told by New York teachers. Jane Addams has said that as long as clubs or private organizations provided medical inspection in schools it was of untold benefit, but when they turned this work over to the city il fell into the hands of politicians and soon degenerated into political job bery. One satisfactory result has fol. lowed medical inspection in schools = it has cleared out vermin. This the teachers were unable to do without the aid of medical inspector and the nurse. The query follows: Why should not the medical inspector give talks to the boys on purity of char. acter ? The Norwich Wednesday P. M. club appointed committee to con. fer with the city council on play grounds for children, and have con- tributed funds for that purpose The Saturday club of New London secured one of their leading physicians tc give free lecture on the Effects o1 Obstruction in Nasal Respiration in Children. They donate annually to the visiting nurse. The city health E, officer has organized 8 public health and safety committee, consisting o1 three members from, each ward, who work under his direct supervision. The president of the Saturday club is chairman of one of these committees. She is also a member of 8 committed in a campaign against The Fly and the club have distributed 1000; Ely Posters among the schools during tht past month. They have also been aid
 ing in the construction of 'comfor
 station for women and children a
 Ocean Beach. The Norfolk Tubercu losis association, after three years
 work, have successful free delivery general dispensary, with six physician
 in attendance, although it was or
 ganized primarily for tuberculosis work. A visiting nurse gives all oi her time to the work, aiding the phy
 sicians during dispensary hours. The nurse gives one hour a day to one o1 the largest factories in town, meeting the girl operatives (of whom there are a thousand and following up in their homes such girls as need home care. For this hour day the factory pays the association $1O week. Besides this work the dispensary books show 174 patients on the consulting list, with 50 patients outside and five tuberculous patients in the Shelton sanitarium, whom the nurse visits often enough to keep in close touch with them. With Is patients in town, the nurse averages about 80 calls a month, besides the factory and dispensary work. The expenses amount to about $500 a year. The annual dues of $1 each from men and women amount to $2OO, and the re- mainder of the money needed is raised by personal gifts, by gifts from church organizations and by varied entertainments. The business of the association is in the hands of Is women, who constitute an executive board and hold monthly meetings
 The sorrowful conditions which come to light, through the efforts of the visiting nurse, are a constant surprise and show the need of organized char ity work. The Stafford Springs Our rent Events club has had for it's win ter program The Liquor Problem, Its Cause and Methods of Control, with Proposed Solution Safeguarding Children and Youth - Need of Super vision of Amusements- the Divorce Problem = Social Hygiene and Wom- an Suffrage. Certainly no program of current events ever. covered more ground concerning causes of disease,
 or has entered into the heart of pres- ent evils and their remedies more than this one. The Seymour Women's club gave $25 to provide warm cloth- ing for patients at the Shelton sani- tarium, who are housed and fed by the state and county, and it stands ready to further assist, until plan is devised which will create a perma-
 nent fund. The club wrote to the senators and representatives to petition for the bill for poisonous matches,
 and rejoiced that the bill passed. The Waterford Walking club have. pro- noted the health of their busy club
 women by walking, talking and mak- ing merry. The Wallingford club has had a lecture on Insects and their Relation to Diseases. Three years ago the American Medical associa-
 toin of Dayton, Ohio, appointed a committee for public healtH education among women. Because of their
 success of the past two years the
 work was broadened, so that the coma
 mittee is now composed of men and
 women. This year they are. making
 efforts for each State Medical society to appoint it's own committee on health. education for the state and county. They believe that this is work for women physicians of this country, primarily. Dr. Kate Camp bell Meadsof Middletown has been ap-
 pointedsby the State Medical society as chairman of health education for Connecticut, and she gives talks on