The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-03
Dental Hygiene Ln The Schools


 Scarcely any project recently under could seemed innocent it's beginning than the proposal that the Board of Education should take under it's the work of dental hygiene in the public schools
 The brought to the consciousness of the American people that defects in health much too One third thereabouts of examined for military duty had such defects made inadvabe to employ them for
 
 Enough me nd o spare remained to carry America danger being defeated for lack of soldiers
 
 presence of many subnormal persons however deeply significant in time of It and who enjoy a full life, who have the average of happiness and who often unable fair share of the battle of fe and therefore al of discomfort, misery
 The knowledge produced immediate inquiry, and di gent remedy. It has been determined in quarters that the must chiefly be sought the education of the child It is too late to do than little with the generation but the children be directed into sound living, place they conveniently trained taught principles of health is in the school room.
 groups public private; pub lie school caring for times the larger number of children
 public schools have the advantage, that they directly responsive to legislative authority and hence congress legislatures throughout the nation imposed upon schools great volume of health education.
 The has been the in Connecticut The General Assembly has made such requirements in health education that the school day. of five hours must be somewhat longer
 School authorities everywhere consolidating unif ing their health york; to make it more efficient
 Bridgeport authority stimulated by the con- dion they have been outlined decided under it's powers specific of dental hygiene which has been carried by the Board of Health not actually by that board but Fones the inventor of the system had effective existence in the education of children in school 1telage.
 The Board of Education unanimously voted the health work and after due hearing the Appor onment and Taxaon almost with unanimity decided that dental hygiene should be schools variety of reasons such that divided authority usually that direct and constant supervision of the work take place through the principals of each school where is done and for other reasons
 This wise and innocent procedure suddenly a reli gious aspect and promised to develop fashioned differences of opinion which many years communities from end to end creating needless hared tagonisms and annoyances of various degrees.
 Nevertheless public authorities from the ming took the position that the the children in paroca schools necessary private schools and sought that the appropriation this should be ample and agreed with the Board of Apporonmen through Leverty subcommittee on education that it should appear equality of means to the work for children pubic children schools Education will ask for fer of such portion of it's funds will establish ity.
 F of Apporionment has appropriated $35Oo the public schools children not public schools sum which deemed ample bv Dr Fones who knows about the than any other person Dr. Fones addition, has offered supervise the work in the parochial schools if he is permitted to do so Whefb permitted depends upon the Board of Health of which will be better in the interest harmony o say litue
 may be said that during the period when Dr. Brown was health officer obstacles put the way Since the substitution of another person for Dr. Brown is denabe that conditions have not been harmonious workable
 Upon the Board of Education the Catholic population of Bridgeport has large and competent representation exceedingly able representation upon the Board of Apporon ment All of these able men and after oong into facts reached the conclusion that all children all the schools will be better served under the arrangements they were under the old. So distinguished lawyer Attorney Thomas Culli- most distinguished Cahoe layman, has diligently into the problem and has found that necessities of good service the proposed change of method thing
 hand the opposition seems to have been founded upon opinion that paroca to be overlooked before all the facts had become Now oi1oIo