The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-03-26
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In spite Of the bad weather and
the road conditions, Miss Beagin,
the Red Cross County Nurse has
made fine progress with her work
and her report Of work acconp-
lished is very interesting.
Out Of the 81 schools in the
county she has visited 50 where
she has given the children exami-
nations and started the health cru
SADIE for the school. She found
1,343 children had defective ton
sils, teeth, eyes or ears. This is
about the average Of defective
pupils found in every school, she
said. If the defects are taken in
hand at this time while the child
is young, it can be remedied, but
if it had not been discovered, the
child would be handicapped all
through life. The health chores
have worked wonderful results,
the children gaining in weight and
healthy appearance. The chores
consist of a daily schedule, and
the child washes his teeth every
day, his face, neck and hands,
combs his hair, drinks no coffee,
goes to bed early and is out Of
doors as much as he can be. These
rules are simple and easy to fol-
low and every child should be Civ
en- help by his parents to keep
them. The greatest change is the
gain in health, but no record of
the gain can be kept until the
school is equipped with scales.
The city school will have a scale
and a record kept of every child,
SO that the gain in weight can be
shown on paper. An effort will
be made to secure scales for every
rural school and the boards will
be approached on the matter.
The hot lunches which some of
the schools have been serving is
the biggest factor in the gain of
weight and health Of those pup
lis. The hot lunches on a cold
day consisting of soup, cocoa,
meats, buildings or anything hot.
have given the children the need
ed foods to strengthen their vital
ity. Many cases of malnutrition
were found, which does not mean
that the children were not getting
enough to eat, but that the food
they were eating was not of the
kind which would build up the
body Of the child. The hot
lunches are cooked on the stove
of an oil stove and some Of the
schools have a kitchen where the
cooking is. done. Not only the
girls but the boys are also given
a chance to help with the work
and an increased interest in the
art as we'll as school life has been
one of the direct results. The
children have cloths for their
desks and take pride in having
theirs the cleanest, being careful
not to spill crumbs on the floor.
The food is furnished by the par
ents, a careful record Of which is
kept by the teachers. Stews,
soups, cocoa, milk, baked beans,
buildings and deserts are found
on the menues all of which are
made in the school house.
Miss Begin plans to visit all of
the schools during the coming
! month if the roads are passable
and examine the pupils. She will
keep a followup of the children
found defective and visit the home
during the summer and see what
results have been accomplished.
The work of the nurse is new to
the county and not altogether ur-
derstood, many having the opin-
ion that it is something not worth
while. It has been said that if
the children were sickly they
would know it first and a nurse
does not have to tell them. Many
cases have been discovered where
the child was suffering from de-
fective eyes and the parent did
not know it, and the doctor who
examined them said it would not
have been long before it would
lose the sight in the eye altogeth-
er. Such cases are not rare and
the value of the nurse is being
proven wherever she has the OPP
portunity to do the work and re-
ceive the cooperation Of the par
ents and the school boards. Give
the nurse Affair trial and give her
your help and assistance 80 that
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