The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1922-10-20
Health Nurse
Completes Work
Mrs. Henrietta Crockett, Health Nurse
Spends Five Weeks In County
Examining School Children.
interesting Report.


Mrs. Henrietta Crockett, health
nurse sent here by the Montana
Antl-Tuburcolosis Society, and has
spent five weeks in this county ex-
amining school children has now COM
pIeted her work.
Mrs. Crockett in her visits through
out the county, to the various schools
was accompanied by our county super
intendent, MaBelIe Cobb and IN all As
schools were visited. The expense OF
her trips throughout the county was
the only expense incurred by the
county. and this was cut down to
minimum by the, superintendent visit
ing schools at the same time HOW
ever, the expense was nothing COM
pared to the good work done.
On her visit here Mrs. Crockett ex-
amined I'll school children and or
that number it is surprising to note,
the number OF children VINO nave Dau
tonsils. or are troubled with adenolds,
or other ailments. A complete report
Of her work in this county is given pc
low and will be found very interesting
Yesterday Mrs. Crockett met WIN
Mr.. Horsford, chairman OF the board
of commissioners to arrange for
free clinic which will be held here
at Circle in the school house III NOV
ember, exact date to be announced
later, At this clinic parents are asheo
to bring their children VINO are III
need of operation, and the work will
be done free of charge. A speclallst
will be on hand to do the work, ana
besides Mrs. Crockett, assisted by
Mrs. Edw. Storm local nurse, there
will be two or three other nurses to
help out.
The report is as follows:
Number of schools visited 43.
Number Of pupils examined III.
Number of pupils defective tonsllS
2S8.
Number of pupils Nasal Abstraction
(adenoids) 200.
Number of pupils defective VISION
101.
Number of pupils defective teeth
230. ,unu
Number of pupils defective hearing
Number of pupils enlarged THYROID
Glands 191.
Number of pupils Undernutrltloonll on
lsAulAbeA y l1lf-i-
ssNumber OF pupils Mental detectives
5. a, /,
Pediculosis (vermin in the neao) Q.
Scabies 6.
Nervous l.
At a Baby Clinic held at Circle, 90
babies, including children OF pre-
or,,iT l6
In Rural Communities there were
68 babies, including children at pre-
school age .ru,us.
a great number d these children
were snnder1 weight. Due to improper
Feeding and lack Of cows milk.
Ninety-seven visits were made to
the home of parents, where defective
children Weye tAAna. ADVICE was CIV
III eh Care OF such children.
c4TWo cases OF tuberculosis were dis
covered.
Health talks were given at eacn
school and literature was distributed.
mrs Crockett, by invitation, gave
talk on Public Health, at Farm Bur
eau meeting held at Bonin, Montana.
The amount of good that has been
done by this countrywide work OF the
Health Nurse, cannot be estimated
in dollars and cents. Great interest
in the good health of children, their
proper feeding, cleanliness, ETC., has
been aroused, and when the free cIin-
ic is held the bad cases will be cared
for
Mrs. Crockett has made us all -,
friends and we cannot be too grateful
to the Montana tuberculosis Society
that sent her into McCone county.
Diseased tonsils and adenoids hold
poisonous germs which frequently are
carried to other parts of the body and
cause sickness.
Rheumatism anu heart disease Of
ten. come in this way. These germs
also cause stomach, bowel or lung
diseases.
A child. with adenoids and diseased
tonsilsL can. get. dipatheria, scarlet few
eT, measles and Whooping cough very
easily. Such a. child will have the dis
ease, worse than a child who has had
adenoids, and diseased tonsils remov-
sR
Oft&A children who seem stupid
and who do not learn rapidly can be
made healthy and normal by the re-
moval of diseased tonsils and ade-
npids.
It is wrong to blame children for
backwardness when they cannot hear,
see or smell properly or are suffering
from pains from diseased tonsils or
adenoids.
Il fAr L.
be removed at any time of the year
Don't wait thin king they will get
better. 1t is dangerous. The child may
lose it's hearing if you put it off.
Watch carefully for the danger sig
nals-mouth breathing and earache.
Always go to a good doctor at once.