Milford chronicle., 1922-12-29
NOTES FROM THE FIELD
WORKERS

One Of the Child Welfare nurses
went on hurry call to a school
where the teacher feared she had an
outbreak of 'pediculosis." In order to
examine the children, the nurse ask
ed all the children to pass by her, and
she proceeded to investigate their
heads. AS the nurse was leaving, a
little first grade girl said something
which the nurse could not hear, so
she was asked to repeat her remark.
She hung her head and, after much
coaxing, this was what she said: La
dies and gentlemen, take my advice,
don't scratch your head unless you
have lice"
A certain school district was not
sure that it approved of medical in
spection. Our nurse tells the story
thus: "The teacher wondered Wheth-
er I would come and explain the work
and the reason for it, at an entertain
ment, which was given in the school
last week. I took my equipment and
gave a demonstration explaining as
went along. Then told them why we
had medical inspection, and l stressed
the fact that the school physician did
not prescribe for the children. We had
one man in that school who tried to
make trouble for teacher and doctor.
He was there and the demonstration
was principally for his benefit"
Other nurses have been invited to
Parent-Teacher meetings where they
demonstrated how nurse conducted
her part of the physical examination
of school children, with a description
of the physicians examination and
detailed account of the method and
of the physicians examina-
ton in the nurses presence.
A four-year-old was heard saying:
Say, mother, if baby didn't get some
sleep we would hardly be able to
stand him, would we?"
All grade children who are so un-
derWeight will be weighed each week
for twelve consecutive weeks by mem
bers of the second year Home Econo-
mics class, and a record in graph
form showing gain or loss OF eacn
child. will be filed at the school.
Talks will be given by the students
the Home Economics teachers, the
grade teachers, and health workers.
IN ''What to Eat"
The Parent Teacher Association is
also cooperating with Home
month publication, and nutrition will
De discussed at their meetings.
United efforts will be made to in
crest parents and children alike in
rood food habits. 1t is hoped that this
campaign will perceptibly decrease
he high percentage, 400 last year, OF
children in Delaware.
The need for children getting ade-
luate rest as well as food, shelter,
and good manners, is OF
Importance. In most homes
{ is the custo mfor them to eat three
meals a day at stated, fairly regular
ines, but in very few homes where
here are small children, beyond the
nfant in arms period, do they adhere
o a regular rest time in the day and
regular early retiring hour at night.
It is amazing and distressing to see
he small child being trundled about
he streets in the cities and towns
ong after they should have been In
eep slumber at home. Fretful, sleepy
hildren perVade every crowded ave-
ue where people congregate, and
7orse than all, they are not all the
hildren of those who can go only af-
er a day of labor. Witness any pic
1re show in any city or town. indie
crible pictures of robbers, murders
nd pillage excite and frighten chill
ren, and they either cry out or be-
ONE unmaneable simply from the
errors they have witnessed.