New Ulm review., 1921-11-16
MONTH"; Y REPORI |
OF SCHOOL NURSE
EXAMINATIONS MADE OF LOCAL
SCHOOL CHILDREN SHOW
PREVALENT DEFECTS.
M'l[1A4L-NUTRITIoN \ a RESPONSIBLE
FOR MOST OF YOUNGSTERS
ILL HEALTH.

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According to the monthly report Of
the School Nurse, more children in
New Ulm suffer from malnutrition.
than from any other cause This re-
port was presented to the school board
lat their regular meeting last Tue sday
evening. This report is made up from.
the examination Of so pupils by ply
sicians Of our city, OF the 90 examined
69 were una to Ee1 defective and rnole
than half Of them, IS to be exact were
found to be illnourisl ed to a greater or
less 6egree. Other frequent carses Of
te, Zee are en'arted glan6s, 25, diseased
tonsils u, adenoids 21, and defective
ieyesight 13. CT the latter 8 are al.
ready supplied with glasses.
Defective Teeth. -
Miss Pctters report also contained
the information that nearly 800 pupil S
had been ezamined by the dentists
and 252 Of them were found to have
defective teeth, only AZ, having per-
feet teeth. 1t nay be well to consider
the great amount OF mal.nutriticn in
connection with the large number of
defective teeth. Defective teeth are
found when the owner of them does
not eat the right sort Of food to supply
them with the proper nourishm ent and
when the teeth are unsound, the foeG
is likely to be hurriedly masticated
and will not be properly digested and
assimilated and cannot therefore sup
ply its full amount of nourishment
and the owner cf the teeth begins to
suffer from mal,nltrition. Tie vieio s
circle is complete.
Other Ailme nts.
There wele six cases of snemia re-
ported, one Of spinal curvature, two
ct defective hearing, ere each cf skin
disease, 1Eeumatism and jaunoice !,
three Of heart murnur, and nire
mouth breathers were found. S.
The thirteen found with defective
vision were only a small nun.Eer cf
these examined, showing that by far
the greater nurher Of pupils in the
schools start out with normal vision.
What is Mal-Nutrition?
Parents who are interested in keeping
their children up to the standard ef
Inorn.a health will do well to sstrdy
the problem Of nal MT triticn. It has
been comrcn to sEeak of the nal
nutrition existing aneng the peoples
lof Central Europe ever since the war
lords took it into their heacs to ur-.
set the whole world, but not very N any
American parents dream ed that their
own girls and boys were suffe ring frcm
the very same trouble that tie children
cf Germany and Austria were wasting
!. from. Ard it is not only the Children
of tie poor that suffer mcst f1cm this
i pernitiols ailment. The children The
cone from these who call themselves
the best" families are frequently TN
j dernourisked There are certain foods
that are good for growing children and
4 Others that are simply so much waste
material. Milk is cne Of the best
foods that can be supplied a child
and the boy or girl who will not drink
milk in is natural state should ke
| given it in other forms so that the
bcnes and muscles cf the body may
s grow as they should. The child giver
to m nching candy at all times is
sire to he rndernouiished and Under.
Weight, his teeth will be poor and his
3 Istcna h will give evidence that i
lis sour"
4 What is The Remedy2
!. S In the larger schools of the East the
s problem Of mal-nltrition is given clcre
attention. School lunchroon.s are es-
( tablisked to take the children away
from the family table for one neal 3
cay CT so that he may have really
|nou1ishing food, and when child does
not i'm prove as he should, he is given
a glass Of warn milk at certain hours
during the day. Reports from such
schools indicate a big difference in
the health standard Of the children
land also decided improvement in
their mental work Parents are told
what foods their children need and
4 certificates of health are issued to ii {
girls and boys who measure up to
standard.
] New Uln parents need some coach
ing on the subject Of food, evidently
and the school nurses report furnishes
the necessary information to act upon
POULTRY SHOW.