Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-11-02
PIT. A. RENDERS
HEALTH PROGRAM


coming by the excellent program.
The general subject for the afternoon
was:
How shall our school attain per-
lection in physical efficiency?
Dr.. Bramlett, county health officer,
opened the program with discussion
of how the home may cooperate with
the school to prevent the spread of
contagious diseases. He stressed
briefly three points: First, isolation
of patient and quarantine of others
exposed; second, proper clearing up
and fumigation after patient is dis
missed; third, necessity for such pub
lie spirit in the community that vio-
lations of quarantine restrictions will
be reported to the health officer.
DR.. Guyton followed DR.. Bramlett
and gave a detailed and very instruct
i've discussion of the topic: Practical
precautions for the care of the eye,
ear, nose, and throat.
l. DR.. Guyton gave the following
Suggestions for care of the eyes: "a
There should be no reading or study
ing at night by children under 10
years oiu-llCSiCSC VI Cilio piCSduIioii
causes myopia. (2) School children
should not use glazed paper for writ
ten work. 90 No one, old or young,
should read in bed; nor should one
read during convalescence from an
illness. (4) Never read on the train.
(5) Blindness, more often than peo-
pie know, may be caused by to-
bacco or whiskey. (6) Fire works
cause many cases of blindness.
ii. The following may be symp-
toms of eye trouble and should al
ways be investigated: CD Holding
book very close to eyes. (2) Sleepi-
ness from reading. (3) browning at
any time whether reading or not.
az Headaches. (5) Redness of
eyes. co. fitting of head forward
or to one side. CD Frequent styes.
(8) Squirting of the eyes when
reading. (9) Intense dislike for go
ing to school.
The last of these points, DR.. Guy
ton said, may point not only to eye
trouble but also to ear, nose, or throat
trouble.
III. In discussing ear, nose and
throat trouble, which he grouped to-
gether, DR.. Guyton stressed: O
The great danger from the ordinary
cold in the head, which is very in
fectious, and the duty Of parents to
keep a child who is suffering from an
acute cold away from school where
he is a menace to public health. Sore
throat, DR.. Guyton declared, is AL
WAYS dangerous and should never
be allowed in school. (2) DIR. Guy
ton made that part of his lecture
which treated of ear infections par
ticularly clear by drawing on the
blackboard diagram Of the ear and
showing from this how infection
blown through the Eustachion tube
to the middle ear may result in in
lection and deafness; how enlarged
Iadenoids and swollen tonsils may
cause deafness by closing the lower
lend of the tube, and how infection,
either from a cold in the head, or
from adenoids and infected tonsils
may travel through the ear to the
Imastoid process causing mastoiditis
land necessitating delicate and dan
lgerous operation.
". In closing Dr. Guyton said that
lin schools where physical eXamina-
Itions are not given teachers can rend-
Ter great service if they will be on the
lookout for the symptoms of eye, ear,
nose and throat trouble and call the
attention of parents to these condi-
ltions. In addition to the points al
iready mentioned, he adde mouth
breathing as herald of trouble.
The third number on the program
was statistical report, made by Miss
Lynda Ramey, as to the examinations
recently made in the school of weight
and measure and of teeth. A number
of school children were found to be
under weight, few over weight, for
their age and height, Miss Ramey
said, giving the exact figures and per-
|centages for each grade. A high per-
|centage of defective teeth had been
found, she reported, but the corrective
work was progressing satisfactorily.
Miss Ramey gave only statistical
report based on the examination but
her report was loudly and emphati-
|cally supplemented by number of
charts in the front of the room. These
proclaimed, without being mentioned
or referred to, so vigorously and pic
the menace of the unclean
tooth, the decayed tooth, even the
lost and gone tooth that the assemb-
led crowd felt wopper-j awed and SO
squirmy and germy that they all
wished they had brought their tooth
brushes!
Miss McNeill, county Red Cross
nurse, was to have spoken on Proper
Nutrition but as she could not pc
present, had sent Mrs. Traburt speclai
trained nurse under the Sheppard,
Towner bill to supervise maternity and
Infant Hygiene. Mrs. Traburt
stressed the need for hot lunches
for the school child; for plenty OF
milk; for, above all else. REGULAR
HOURS for food, sleep. work and
play; for a properly balanced diet
and the elimination OF eating Trash.
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