Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-11
Jackson Schools
In Good Shape

the heading, Country Schools in Bad \
Condition." which was based on a
report made by Mrs. Katherine Kel-
ley, travelling nurse for the State
Board of Health, after a trip of in
spection through the schools of Doug
las, Josephine and Jackson counties.
The article stated that Mrs. Kelley
found the sanitary conditions in the
schools very bad and that many
cases fimpetigo or skin disease,
caused by filth, were found In or
der that the readers of that article
may be fully informed of the condi-
tions found by Mrs. Kelley in Jack
son county, am giving below her
detailed report on all schools visited
in this county, which will show that
she did not find them in bad condi-
ton. Nearly allL the schools visited
were reported clean, and only two
cases of impetigo were reported, and
one of these was not in a country
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houses were reported in bad condi-
ton, and this condition is bound to
exist to a greater or less degree so
long as the old style toilet is in
vogue. though we are making an eff
fort for Improvement along this line
Below is the detailed report of
Mrs. Kelley, as furnished me by the
secretary of the State Board of
Health:
Anderson Creek school-pupils,
%; drinking tank and individual
drinking cups; school very clean;
houses in very bad shape.
Wagner Creek Scnool-Pupils, "a;
impetigo, 1 school and ventilation
very good; janitor service; pump and
individual cups.
North Phoenix School-Pupils, 20; f.;
building so years old; fairly clean;
out-houses fairly good; pump and in
dividual cups.
Griffin Creek Scnool-Pupils, Sc;
one room very unsanitary; drinking
tank and individual cups; out-houses
very unsanitary.
Oak Grove School-Pupils, 46;
sanitary conditions fairly good; boys
clubhouse very unsanitary; pump and
individual cups.
Independence School-Pupils, 25;
drinking tank and individual cups;
sanitary conditions good; out-houses
not very clean.
Antelope School-Pupils. Z; school
very clean; out-houses good condi-
ton; pump and individual cups.
Brownsboro School-Pupils, 8;
drinking tank and individual cups;
school clean; out-houses very bad
shape; need new ones.
School 65-Pupils, IS; drinking
fountains; out-houses fairly good
Lake Creek School-Pupils, 23;
pump and individual cups; school
fairly clean; out-houses very unsani-
tary.
Eagle Point School-Pupils, so;
school clean; girls clubhouse good
boys clubhouse very unsanitary.
Roosevelt School-Pupils, %
school clean; pump and individual
cups; out-houses very unsanitary.
Dewey School-Pupils, ~; pumI
and individual cups; school clean.
Lone Pine School-Pupils. 90;
pump and individual cups; schoo
clean; ut-houses good condition.
Agate School-Pupils, so; pumI
and individual cups; school clean
out-houses fairly good.
Table Rock School-Pupils, "a;
adenoids, / school clean; pump and
individual cups; out-houses fairly
clean.
Chaparal School-Pupils, 26i
drinking tank and individual cups
school clean; out-houses good condi
ton.
Antioch School-Pupils, 81 pump
and individual cups; old buildings
fairly clean; out-houses unsanitary
Gold Hill School-Pupils, "a;
adenoids, L; impetigo, L; old build
ing, room very cold. needs inspec
ton; no water supply. (On account
of crowded conditions in the Colo
Hill schools this grade has beer
transferred to the old school build
ing once deserted)
Dardanels School-Pupils, 22;
pump and individual cups; ventila
ton very bad; Waterbury system
out-houses fairly good.
West Side School-Pupils, 26;
adenoids, 2; drinking tank and indi'
vidual cups; out-houses good condi'
ton; school clean. (This report Is
not correct, there being no drinking