The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-14
PHYSICAL CARE OF
CHILDREN IN LOCAL
SCHOOLS COST $3.50

Miss Katherine Daub, made at the meet
ing of the board of directors of the
Social Service bureau at the Y. NJ c.
Friday noon.
OF this amount s1,420 was betrayed
by the Social Service bureau and the
remainder paid by the city school
board.
The detailed statistical report of the
nurses follows:
GAS will be seen by this report, the /
work of the nurses included assisting
the medical inspector in the physical !
examination of children, visiting the /
children's parents to secure thir CO.
operation in remedying defects, secur- !
ing the correction of physical defects !
through private physicians, clinics or
hospital care; teaching of health and
hygiene to school children by means |
of lectures, plays and stories; super |
vision of the serving of milk lunches
to underweight children and weighing |
such children at regular intervals dur
ing the school year.
Find Skin Disease
During September of 1921, before !
| the annual physical examination took
place a skin disease was very preva-
| lent in the schools great deal of the
time of the two nurses was spent pro-
curing the proper treatment for these
cases and seeing that they entered
| school as soon as advisable.
I'm October, 1921, the annual phys
| ical examination of children was be-
gun with Miss Daub assisting DR..
King, and Miss Jones assisting DR..
| Gentle. The nurses were present
when the doctor made his examination
0F J., ~ Nd -
/ etc and recorded the results on the
/ health card The nurses them gave
the vision and hearing tests to each
child and weighed and measured each
/ one.
"a total of 2,263 children were ex-
amined by the doctor, and 2.791 were
! given the vision and hearing test and
weighed and measured by the nurses.
Records of the results were kept by
| the nurses for future reference. A
notice made out by the nurses and
signed by the physician, was sent to
the parents of each child, whose de-
fects, the physician thought, needed
attention.
Children Examined
"Of the 2,263 children examined,
1,735 were found to have enlarged tor
sis, 1,487 had defective teeth, and 26
had some form of heart disease. Sew
en- hundred and twenty-four children
were referred to dentist, 247 to oc-
culist and 1850 to doctors for further
advice and treatment.
after the examinations were COM
pIeted the follow-up work was begun
This included visits to the home to
gain the cooperation of the parents
in correcting the physical defects OF
their children, also helping to secure
the correction of defects through elm
les, private physicians or hospital
During the school year SS5 home
visits were made in this connection. As
results of these visits the parents
promised to have the defects of the
children corrected in 1872 cases. In
"a cases defects had already been cor
rected after notices had been received
from the school physician. The par
ents of 118 children were found to be
financially unable to correct the
defects.
Work of Nurses
Through the efforts of the nurses,
arrangements were made by which 35
of these children had their tonsils and
adenoids removed and II children
, whose vision was defective were fitted
: with glasses, and treatments were pro-
cured for two more children through
the Social Service bureau. Three
children whose physical condition him
: dered their school work were taken
to doctors for examination and neces-
: sary correction. The value of medical
t aid, surgical care secured by the
} nurses is estimated at S1700.
Fifteen children who were dag
: nosed as tubercular suspects by school
physician attended the tubercular
: clinic for examination and advice.
: Four of these were taken to the hos
5 pital for tonsil operation, upon advice
of physician in charge of clinic, five
school children were treated at the
venereal disease clinic. One child re-
ceived hospital care through the eff.
+ forts of the nurses. Three emergency
cases in the schools were taken care
of by the nurses.
Parents Are Interested.
"In connection with the folow-uI
: work much more interest on the part
: of the parents was noticed for the
: school year just closed, than in the
year proceeding. Many parents ex
5 pressed their gratitude for the interest
that was taken by the nurse and asked
{ them to call again. In very few cases
ulu Lne parents refuse 10 cooperate
! We feel that parents are learning more
}, and more the value of prevention oil
q disease.
"a puppct health play play fol
the purpose of teaching children good
food habits was given in all the grade
schools, total of % times. Several
2 talks on hygiene subjects were giver
to groups who were especially in neec
of such. During an epidemic of pedi
:. culosis in Whitewater school every
: | child was examined and II were ex
! cluded. Visits were made to the
y homes of these children, to instruc
: the mothers as to their care. In one
= case, after repeated efforts had beer
= made to rid the head of vermin. the
= child was brought to the Social Serv
! ice Bureau office, her head treated
i and her hair bobbed
Clean Up Children.
Five children were given baths anf
q clean clothing by the nurses at the
: bureau office and sent to school much
). changed in appearance.
AS result of the measuring anf
4 weighing of the school children, 40
children were found to be 10 per cen
r or more unGerweight Milk lunche.