Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-11
METHOD O![ TESTS
ARE NOT APPROVED.
Mothers Circle Joins II Criticism
OF Physical Examination
IN Public Schools
FAULT TO BE REMEDIED

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Criticism III general throughout the
days, on the method 81 conducting
1 The physical examination of children
st the public school That The Moth
RS circle joins III tnis criticism vas
brought out at their meeting held
1 sestrday afternoon II the High schaoi5
Assembly Ilall
II IS nnt The physical examination
which they object 81, and which ii
Eendorsed Is the school board, and IN
8cumplianee with an Aci of Legisla
ture about the manner Id which they
are carried on Instead 81 sending
I sealed not to parents and family doc
Tor after examining The child, stating
THE nature III tlie physical afeets, II
has been the practice oil the examiner
i who Ii in this ease ii woman doetnr Of
/ Baltimore, sent here BY the Public
4 Athletic League to tell the child what
/ Is wrong with her Or him and III
MANY instances the result has proved
ampful TO tel i child she has
Tuberculosis, OF heart trouble nr the
Eaillnent she or ne may have viii lead to
these. is not the hest thing TO do. and
parents and The Mothers Circle are
resenting this method pursued By The
Public Athletic Leagne i representa-
fiNe. a woman physician.
no oIset this al the Mothers Cir
Gle meeting held yesterday afternoon
II j committee MAS appointed consisting
of Mrs. I ] Isinthicunl. Mrs Root and
/ Airs Hugh r. Riley. to meet and con-
FER with Dr. Burb5ck Of baltimore,
president Of the Public Athletic
! League. in reference tn the method of
conducting these examinations, and
refndey the trouble they have caused
1 Ii must be understood. however that
i the physical examination, which the
law strictly requires ID be made Of
Ill public school children. annually.
has been conducted By the eIagne al
\ no expense. whatever, 10 the county
| whereas had the law been complied
4 With BY other than the Public Ath-
lesic League. the county would have
been put TO considerable expense To
B pay the examining physicians.
That these examinations are nee
essary and worth While has developed
iii u number pf cases which have res
eeaied startling physical defects IN
boys ana girls attending school which
defects rnust needs be remedied Tor
\ health and public safet
There are a number of mental and
ph ssical delinquents. who il taken in
time may be brought around tohealth-
1 3faI and normal conditions
Children we're examined for eyes.
ears, throat and nose conditions In
order to improve their scholarships
which, by defective vision or hearing
aud by adenoids Is said to frequently
to lie retarded
The Importance Of Public Health
work was emphasized iii her address
t0 the Mothers Circle by Miss Old
field. head of the Potomac division of
He'd Cross Public Health Service, who
made d strong appeal for the contin-
Euance or the work while speaking
yesterday she was strongly en-
iorsed along the line by Miss Watkins,
who followed Miss Watkins il head
Iof the Public Health Nurses of Balti-
more, under whom Annapolis il sub
ject III the public health nursing here.
Miss Seifert superintendent Of the
Emergency hospital also spoke, as
ibid Mrs. j. E. Craven.
Mrs. n J Linthicun, president of
#Ethe Mothers Circle, presided at the
meeting The Circle expressed ap
proval of Miss Suthriand's work in
d public health nursing here, and en-
dorsed ali her methods. but empha
sized strong aisapproyai Of the method
pursued By the Public Athletic League
4 although they approve of the physical
examinations ii public schools The
eneed OF this is emphasized in the re-
suit of the draft IN the war, where
in the counties three men out Of every
II four had To be rejected for physical
8 defects, showing the need of better
physical conditions In counties, and
there Is no better place to start this
than IN the public schools.
superintendent Fox endorses the
the physical tests by DR. Burbick, Of
the Public Athletic League. but an ef-
fort will be made to remedy the faulty
manner of conducting them, inasmnch
as the child will not be made aware
of his or her condition. direct, but
through the parent or family ply
sician.
TT must be understood that neither
Miss Sutherland OF Miss Simmons Of
the Annapolis Public Health nurses
ever diagnosed case they merely
examined the children to aid In pro-
noting the interest of their scholar
ship.
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