Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-27
MANY CHILDREN
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Draft Examinations Reveal
]. 7 Fact That Early Correc-
!: +. ton IS Necessary. |

%s Milwaukee, June 81 THE. needssoft
early correctton+of defects ~ shown
by the somewhat astounding rssultA
Of the draft examinations and the
nationwide interest in2schild health
aroused by the children's year pro-
gram, are the outstanding causes for
the growing interest In child health.
DR., Ada E. Schweitzer oftIndlanApo-S
lis told the national conference..}of Of
social work here today.
DR. .Scfwettzer Ii director OF the
division of infant and child hygiene OF
the Indiana state boardssof1 health:
Y The number of-Sstates having d..
eight DE- schwettsAr said. ...By 1871.
the number had increased to eighty
eight. Legislative tauthortty- tor the
establishment Of child hygiene dtvt-s
sion shasabeen; supported BY approprt-
alton in all except two or three cases;
In general. appropriations for this
work vary from $5OOHto 1925. 600. g
"a general 4purpose and plan Of
work is common to all states. Each
mum standards OF care for mothers
and children and each is trying to edu-
cate the general public and to secure
the esta Adjustment Of it's standards In
/ all the communities Under its tur1s-
diction. The working plan Of the
older divisions, especially that Of New
York state Is the basis Of that Of many
other states.
I'm several states. the law forbids
persons affected with communicable
or hereditary disease to marry. Pro-
vision 10 the enforcement of such
laws is for the most part inadequate.
The protection of society generally
against he pa%renthooa of the unfit
needs to be given serious and intellt-
gent consideration. A predominance
Of degenerate and feeble-minded per-
desirable. yet unless stringent meas
uress r undertaken, will In some
places be inevitable. Connecticut,
Colorado, New York and Indiana are
working along these lines.
- Provide Funds.
Funds for research on child health
problems to be undertaken by state
universities = being provided. In
cidentally the better. education Of
ence in rural districts. Scientific
farmers are. demanding scientific
knewlsdge Of child bearing and rear
ing, -. -. -.
sH"rhe outgrowth of. this. movement
in the establishment of general elm
les. eye clinics, vision conservation
classes, dental clinics. tonsil and ade-
mold clinics. nutrition clinics, hot noon
lunch, milk lunches classes for re-
.,tarded children and now on the rate
of intelligence tests. New York and
New Jersey nave undertaken practt-
!. cally all this work. Illinois Is special
,izing in orthopedic clinics for crippled
! children, but include many other of
these Institutions in the larger places.
(, California and, Ohio have lone much.
In Indiana, the work is not uniformly
distributed.
! ~. Full Time Needed. .4
I'm all the. school work, full time
nurses and physicians are needed, but
much is being done in many progress
siye; communities without such serv-
ice because OF the difficulty Of procur-
ing trained workers. South Carolina
and Mississippi are sending nurses to
be trained In public health schools.
The practice Of holding model health
tory results in New York, Massachu-
sets, Kentucky. North Carolina
South Carolina, California. Texas and
Indiana.
Colorado through its health cen
tiers is caring also through the com
nunity. group o delinquency, tru.
ancy, recreation and other things at.
fecting the health Of children. Thu
state has learned h secret OF turn
ing over to special organizations thu
work belonging to each organization
''In Louisiana. a medical lecture,
works jointly with the bureau Of chill
health and the bureau Of venerea
diseases. Texas is divided into f1vs
districts with an advisory nurse II
each district. =
Provisions for pure milk supply an
made in Rhode Island. New York ant
other states.
The chief need is better organizet
child hygiene divisions in state heath
departments having county or dastrtc
units. To these departments all ques
tons relating to child health shoult
be referred +
Uniform standards Of growth ant
nutrition should be adopted.