Evening journal., 1914-03-06

/ Tho parent delivers his child 20 their
care ho has right 10 insist that the
child under the supervision Of the school
authorities be- safe from harm and be
handed back to him in as good a con.
dition az 10 was first. Not only has thc
parent the right TO claim such protec-
tion and even 10 hc docs mo-; insist upon
It,. the child himself has the right to
claim IT,. In the words Of Dr. William
/ "A. Allen; when tho State for it, own
iprotcction compcls child TO 20 TO
! school. It pledges itself not 10 In
mrc itself by iniuring the child" From
statistics collected by other cities work
ing under modica inspection of schools,
liz H. determined that many backward
= pupils are backward purely and simply
through physical defects. and are consc-
Qucntly unable To handle the wor, oi
the school program. What those de-
fects are and the cnuses that ic behind
them are things tlat we must know.
Education without health il useless
We recognize that the fundamental
factor IN human welfare. in promoting
is health and thDt involves proper
concept ON OF the relations and rcspon'
sibilitir- of the pupils n the future part
PLAYED In hnman welfare. In promoting
more intelligent. far-rcaching and cicc
tive plans for human bcttcrmcnt. Be
yond that it means that the broader cd-
ucation. the greatest efficiency. the
highest ideals and the greatest happi-
|nc.- are insepaablc from the public
health. Medical supervision Is conduct
ed with the above aim IN Nicw.
There were lbs c1scs of scarlet fever
with "a deaths for the year ending De-
lccmhcr-3l. 1918.
During the wear O. cases OF diphthcria
were reported. with @ deaths.
The pdblic have again been fer
unate, as al no time has there been
danger Of an epidemic, while the
ncighboring cities have had both
scarlet fever and diphtheTia IN large
proportions. Smallpox has been as
close as Chester. The system of re-
porting the landing and designation
of emigrants. adopted by t1c L. >.
Governments has been a great help 10
this department AS socn as a re-
port is received by this dcpattmCn nj
that an emigrant will arrive be- VII
mington. and that there had beeo a
CONTAGIOUS disease on the boat IRON
. which he landed. the executive Off.
GERS of this department ere imm''
. diately despatched 20 locate the par
~. see that ne Is vaccinated. and his
effects fumigated This procedure, no
doubt. has kept us free from smali-
pox.
Wilmington has disappeared from
the map. as FAR a Grotna Green. The
last General Assembly passed q let
marriage law. and the enforcement OF
the same has caused quite a decrease
I'm number Of marriages. During the
wear there we're 1858 white and l3a
colorod marriages reported making
total OF 2392. as compared with
$3.50 of the previous year. This COM
harrison does not show the true condi'
tons. as a greater part OF the mar
riages reported in 1913 occurred be-
fore May l.. 1913 the new law soinf
into effect on that date. Tho mar
riages average about 100 per month
since the establishment Of the rev
law.
Less trouble has been experienced
with dirty alleys. as the executive cf
ficers have been constantly on th'
lookout for them. and have caused e
be severed numerous properties.W Which
were the direct cause of the fhth'
conditions
The sanitary condition OF the pub
. lie schools has been greatly i'm
proved during the past year by ih'
, Board OF Education. as they hav'
done away with a number OF cess
pools and installed hoppers In thei
- stead. They are also installing Oh
2 sanitary drinking fountains. Ther'
- Is still existing IN the public
schools. particular In the low
, er grades. condition wh'cl
- causes the dissemination OF disease
among the school children. and whicl
can be readily overcome by tn
4 teachers prohibiting the eNchang'n
= Of pencils and other articles Numer
. ous complaints have been receive
from tho parents Of children. request
r ing the board to have the Board O
y Education furnish toilet paper for tn
e use Of the children. This is indeed
o matter that should receive favorabl
o consideration as " Is source OF an
d noyance 20 the parents and a yer
Il unhealthy condition for the child.
5 Garbage Collection.
B Anh~lutlauN iinunt was AGAIN 'Nl''i
= cuccd In handling the garbage collcc
4 tions during the past summer. Afte
n careful consideration. the hoard feel
. that the fault with the garbage situa
n tion lies with the ordinance under whic
thc contract. are issued u win be impos
q siblc 10 change the ordinance while th
! present contracts are In force. lh
= members of the board have spent con
Z siderable time and have expended thei
y -