Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-05-06
CORRECT PHYSICAL
DEFECTS IN CHILDREN
Two Nurses Look After p.,
welfare of Pupils of County
Schools

quietly going about tho a.
are two public health nurses
paid by the county and the ell. 0ne
the Whitman County Tubercnlo,
league Miss Parson. the con, S'S
nurse, gives the greater part 90
time to the tuberculosis nation4
while the league nurse. Misc d.
nett, is spending more time IN
aiming school children for dofooa.
that their parents may not knou.
about and which should be corrooto,
at an early age
AS the school year is naarin
end, both nurses are engaged :.
visiting schools. Nearly 100 school
have already been visited nv 49,
nurses who took up the worl l.
Whitman county last fan and ~.
nope to visit all the rural scbooI.
before the end of the school voor
II it is found impossible to vieit on
schools an effort will be made -
visit such schools as have never boor
visited by a nurse.
Defective eyes are very commo,
among school children and whom
the attention of the parents is III.
rected to the defects they are usu-
ually quickly remedied. A few of tho
cases which have been followed m
by the nurses and results noted ara
as follows:
A boy ten years old and in the
second grade was found to hay,
very badly crossed eyes. The vision
OF one eye was practically gone
Glasses were obtained through the
efforts of the nurse and the last
time the child was seen there was a
marked improvement. Out of school
hours a black patch is worn over
the good eye in order to bring the
muscles of the crossed eye back to
normal use.
A girl ten years old and in the
first grade for two years has never
been able to see the spelling words
on the board from her seat. Glasses
were obtained through the efforts of
the nurse and since receiving them
she is able to see the blackboard
from her seat for the first time in
her life.
A child with very large and dis
eased tonsils was backward in
school and had been a repeater, as
pupils are called who have to take
the same grade work over a second
year. The parents were not able to
have the work done. The local ply
stefan was visited and he promised
to do the work and the hospital bill
was handled by the anti-tubercuIoss
the end of the semester the boy had
passed his grade and was promoted
The teacher said the change was
quite remarkable.
A case of short-sightedness, which
had never been called to the atten-
ton of the parents, was discovered
1t was a little girl in the fifth grade
who could scarcely see her WORK
The day after the nurse reported
the condition to the parents they
took the child to an oculist ana
the defect was corrected with glt sses
The parents are very grateful IN
deed.
A little boy ten years old was a
repeater in the first and seconu
grades. 1t was found that his eye
sight was very deficient. The case
was taken up by the nurse with Tue
result that the eye defect was COT
rected and now the boy can see us
work, and a recent letter from ms
teacher hears witness to the @''
that he is handling his school woiA
very much better.
These are only very few OF wv
cases which have received the Az
tention of the Whitman count
nurses during the past six mon'n'
To enumerate all the children WI
have had defective eyes ana '''
corrected. after the attention OF pa
ents had been called to the deleU.s
would require a supplement to lD'
Gazette -ColfaX Gazette.