Evening star., 1922-11-05
CLINICS TO RESUME
IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
CONTINUED from First Page.)

pected for children Of normal deveI-
opment of corresponding height dur
ing the same period was 666 pounds
The actual number of pounds gained
by these underweight children, as a
result of their changed way Of liv-
1.10o pounds. an increase of 43A
pounds over the normal rate Of in
crease.
Defects Corrected.
Three hundred and seventeen of
these underweight children. who were
examined by school physicians, were
diagnosed as having total of S96
Physical defects. OF these defects
210 were corrected. Commonest OF
the defects were diseased tonsilS. ade-
nofds, carious teeth. defective vision
and defective hearing. The children
whose underweight was greatest al
most invariably were those whose
teeth were in the worst condition
But there were other contributing
factors. such as overfatigue. INSULT
Gent sleep and often too large a
daily program for their strength
The clinical study of these children
was not confined to school. but in
cluded their whole regime with their
various outside special lessons. leis-
ure-time activities and homework
There were also the matter OF
faulty food habits in addition to the
bad health habits. or the total in
the class. 165 were not getting a
of milk. as shown by the diet books
kept by the parents. One-fifth of
these underweight children were
drinking coffee daily $50 and about
the same number had their tea. Two
fifths of them G35) ate candy to ex-
drinking sufficient milk. ia were not
getting adequate fresh fruit. 146 not
eating cereals and 153 not getting
fresh vegetables.
At the close of the period the diet
report made the following showing:
F'ifty-eight of the 81 children had dis
continued coffee; So OF the 81 children
children had stopped eating candy
except Immediately following their
meals: l3s of the 153 children were
eating sufficient fresh vegetables
daily; 1s1 of the 1919 children were
drinking sufficient milk; 147 of the
ia children were eating fresh fruit
daily: 127 of the 146 children had
learned to eat cereals.
The children were taught the ne
cessity Of taking daily rest periods OF
ore-half hour or more. The maximum
number of rest periods possible dur
ing this time. if no single child miss
ed. was 1880. The actual number of
rest periods taken was 2,78O, or SO
per cent of the maximum.
Interest Is Shown.
1t is believed that the educational
value of this work extended into the
home to a marked degree, as evil
denced by the attendances at the
classes of adult members of the
family. which totaled 1884. This fig
ure does not include numerous visi =
tors such as nurses, welfare workers
and others interested in this tyre of
work. Miss Anita Turner, assistant
director of physical training. gave
nutrition class instruction and kept
the charts of IT'S normal school stu
dent teachers
During the summer period this
work was continued at the local sum-
mer camps for children and two
classes were conducted at the Health
Day camp for tuberculous children
In all there were 495 children and It's
student teachers who received syste-
matte nutrition instruction, physical
examinations and, in many cases. the
correction of physical defects through
these various classes.
Preparations are now made for con-
tinuing and extending this health
work in the public schools of the city
during the current school year. This
means the establishment of a new era
Of service of the highest value to the
community through the public
schools. Health of body is now rec
ognized to be a prime objective of
any true system of education, for