Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-11-10
MUST EXTEND
HEALTH WORK
MRS. FETHERSPON SPOKE
TUESDAY TO LOCAL
AUDIENCES

ject of child welfare. Mrs. Fether-
spon is sent out by the Elizabeth Nc
Cormick Memorial Fund OF Chicago
and her addresses here were given
under the auspices of the Ladies Lit
erary club, of which the Home and
Education department is studying the
question of child welfare work.
The same evening at eight o'clock
Mrs. Fethrspon spoke at the Methodist
church to a public gathering. In adj
dition to her address she showed
stereopticon slides illustrating the
work, showing the conduct of classes
and the results attained. The pictures
were taken from the malnutrition
classes in Boston and Chicago of DR..
William Emerson.
One-Third Unfit
When the great world conflict
called the American soldier into SER
vice said the speaker, "one-third of
the men of the first draft were found
unfit from remedial causes. They had
not become unfit in a month in a
year. Somewhat along the path from
babyhood to manhood something. gone
wrong had resulted in unfitnCss at
twenty-one.
"A wise nation profits by it's mis-
takes. Nationwide health work along
the following lines will correct these
errors: First. prenatal care for moth
ers which shall give adequate exam
NATION to the expectant mother; sec
ond, trained ogstetrical care at child
birth; third, infant welfare work in
child health centers, where doctors
and nurses train the mother in the
care of her child and results are
checked through regular weighing and
examination; fourth, education in the
care OF the pre-school age, the dan
gerous neglected period of child life
which produces at six, the unfit one
third of school age.
"In the school fge we have been
chiefly concerned in the courses OF
study and the buildings and equip
ment rather than in the child. Now
we find there Is a group not well and
never recognized as sick who have
been unnoticed, the malnourished
child. This group Is now engaging
the attention Of both medical and ed
ucational leaders.
VI Two Types
These children are OF two types .
the highstrung, nervous child, over
developed mentally. or the listless,
apathetic, retarded pupil, one a prob |
lem OF the future with a mind we need
in all avenues of life with failure
Tor body, and the other an econom-
ic liability.
A scale In school definitely points
out this child habitually underweight
Tor his height, with sagging posture
OF fatigue. protruding shoulder blades.
haDDy muscles, shadows under the
eyes, poor color and a general air of
fatigue There are many contribut-
ahs factors, mainly organic defects,
such as adenoids. and lack of any
control by the parents of sane pro- |
gram of rest. food and exercise.
III program for these children !
found below weight should be. first. |
a complete physical examination In
the presence and with the consent of
the parent; second. refer all organic
defects to the family physician or
dentist for correction; third. adjust
the dally program to the child's abil-
ity as To rest. food and work; fourth.
teach diet, milk cooked cereal. coarse
bread. real butter, vegetables, no cot
Zee or tea, no candy between meals.
rest with the windows open: fifth.
extra rest and meals for seventy per
cent or more at 1890 and $50.
Whom we do this, when we bring
into cooperation the four essentials
to program OF health, the medical
side, the foundation OF all, and the
nome, the school and the child, we
shall see results such as at Kansas
City.
Manutriti0n Found
There lucy have scale in every
one OF the eighty-seven schools, all
children being weighed and measured
every three months and all under
weight children every month. milk at
recess IN every school and all teachers
in the game. In 1919 there were four
school nurses for the city's 10000
children; in 1929 there were ten. and
in 1921, thirty-fve. Malnutrition was
found in thirty per cent of the chill
dren in 1920 and in 1921 only fifteen
per cent were malnourshed. A rec
ord is kept by the teacher of all un-
derweight children. checking the
monthly gain by this group.
The Elizabeth Mccormick Memorial
Fund has been conducting malnutri-
ton classes in thirty public. private.
parochial and high schools with the
same results Milwaukee is doing
splendid health work along these lines
with the cooperation OF the Anti-Tu-
bereulosis society. the Red Cross, the
Medical society and others. New York,
through its infant welfare and child
health organizations is showing SPLEEN
did success
THE well nourished school child Il
an asset; the malnourished child a
liability Every business concern
wants few liabilities. What are we
putting into our schools and colleges?
A scale, backed by cooperative pro-
gram. will tell the story. The child of
today is the citizen OF tomorrow what
kind are we training%
U. s. selxes 200 soft.prink Resorts.
st. Louis, Mo, Nov. S.--Local In.
ternal revenue officers started out 20
seize approximately 200 soft drlnk par.
lors and residences as means OF