St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-05-15
Report Shows Work That
Will Be of Value To
st. Tammany Parish
ONLY PART OF
REPORT PUBLISHED
Irachoma Found In School
and Defects of Child
rem Remedied,
10 the Nursing Committee, st. Tam
many Parish Chantar 2 q

To the Nursing Committee, st. Tam
many Parish Chapter, A. R. C.
l submit herewith my report for
the month of April.
AS usual, during the first week, I
got out the advisory letters to the
prenatal cases have listed. I have
procured some nice little leaflets
from the Better Babies Bureau of
the Woman's Home Companion,
Clothes for Maternity Wear" and
Clothes for the Tiny Better Baby
L enclose one each to these mothers,
as they show set of very practical
patterns with descriptions of the
clothes, and think may prove quite
useful.
On the 5th went back to Slidell
and DR.. Griffith finished examining
the school children there.
The ladies of SlideIl We're very
busy getting ready for the opening,
| that night, of a community house.
l met quite few. They are very
enthusiastic workers, and certainly
| are to be commended for their Won-
derful spirit and interest in things
for the betterment Of their town.
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l was invited, that afternoon, to
meet the Priscilla Club. This club
was organized during the war to sew
for the soldiers, and now continues
Chiefly for its social feature, so
the members say-but it is very in
terested in civic improvement.
On the 9th Supt. Lyon invited me
to meet the School Board and tell
them something of what I have been
doing in the schools, and of the con-
ditions found there. l did so, and
they approved of everything and
passed vote of thanks to the Red
Cross. They will endeavor to hava
scales placed for the next term In
those schools remaining without
them, and will have the teachers add
each chiid's weight to his report
monthly. This will prove valu-
able argument, in defective cases,
where the chidl's weight is persist
emily below normal, or he does not
gain as he should.
On the 8th l visited the Lewisburg
school. DR.. Paine came from Man
deville and examined these children.
This school is expected to be consoli-
dated with the Vaudeville school
next term and we thought it would
be good if these children could be
examined by the same doctor, and
so have exactly the same records.
Miss Mary Sugg, supervisor Of ele-
mentary schools, and made a trip
together on the 18th. This is a saw
ing of expense as we divide tie cost
of the car. We went to the Savan-
nah Branch and Sand Hill schools.
The roads were terrible, and we got
stuck in the mud four times, and the
last time had to get an OK team to
pull us out. 1t is quite the usual
thing for US to get stuck, but not so
usual as to have four oven pull as
for a couple of blocks. The Sand
Hill school is very fortunate in hay-
ing Miss Dollar as teacher, for sell
dom are teachers quite SO interested
in their pupils welfare as she Is.
When she realized the condition OF
the children's mouths, and that they
were twelve miles from Dentist
she said If the children only had
tooth brushes she would see to 1t
that they brushed their teeth every
day at school. Mrs. FitzSimons,
who was on this trip with US, said
that We could buy the tooth brushes
and send to her. So the next day
we bought two dozen of the proper
size and kind, and sent to Miss Dol
lar. She will sell them at cost to
thoe able to pay and the others Will
not be charged.
The next day Mss Sugg, Mrs. Fitz-
Simons and ! again made a trip to
the country and l examined all the
of the Onward school, and
stopped in for few minutes at the
Ramsay school, which I had visited
in February One of the children
there proudly volunteered the infor-
ma tion Immediately that all of them
brush Their teeth every day now.
On the 21st and 22d I made
long trip with Mr.. Lyon and Miss
other extremity of the parish-Tali-
5Heek, CeHITdl, AuuuDOn, nODSTL,
Pearl River and Bonfouca. We spent
the night in Slidell, and / again visit
ed their Community House. Saw DIR.
Polk while there, and he is interest
ed in the parish having an all-time
man to inspect the schools.
We started our travelling dentist
out to the isolated schools and he
has finished four schools, fixing the
teeth of 164 children. Some of these
children's teeth were in very bad
some of them needing az
many as seven filings.
We have for this month total OF
lit dental corrections done, one Of
eyes treated, three throats treated
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