Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-04-06
IA COUNTIES REPRESENTED AT
NUTRITION INSTITUTE
HELD AT NEWARK

SNSI COHuuCleu ny LIT. VIII. II. L.
Emerson, of Boston, was held in New
ark, March 5th t. 18th, with lis rep
~resentatives present from fourteen
counties in New Jersey and four from
out of the state. Se~venty-eight of
these will receive certificates signed
by DR.. Emerson indicating that they
have attended the lectures and demon
STATIONS and have handed in their
notebooks for approval.
The Institute course included lee
lures each afternoon and evening at
the Board of Health Building by DR..
Emerson or Miss Mabel Skilton, his
assistant, on tb technique of a nutri-
ton class. Each afternoon at 2.15 a
class demonstration was given in a
school which had been selected by
Miss Skilton previous to the Institute.
In this way the class received the
theoretical knowledge of malnutrition
and applied these principles to the
ton and Ridge public school, St. Pat
rick's Parochial School and the New
ark Orphan Asylum.
1t is interesting to note that nearly
all of the children at the end of the
two weeks period had gained more
than the normal gain of other chill
dren. Some children made three
times the normal gain.
The week previous to the Easter
vacation all the children were ex-
amined as to nose and throat condi-
tions and AZ were advised to have a
tonsil or adenoid operation during the
Easter vacation. Thirteen of these
Immediately complied and hospital ar
rangements were made or provided
for them.
Immediately following the Easter
vacation a thorough medical examina-
tion will be made of each child in the
nutrition classes and an effort will be
made to correct any physical defects,
so that all of these children will be
left free to develop as normal chill
dren. The Department of Medical In
spection, under DR.. George J. Holmes,
supervisor, and DR.. Frank Kaufhold,
will assume responsibility for this
medical supervision and DR.. Kauf-
hold will attempt to be present at
every meeting of the class to act as
medical adviser and to stimulate the
mothers and children to complete CO.
operation.
On April I'd Miss Lois Remage, of
Rochester, will take charge of the
above classes and it is hoped that by
tho ond of tho cpbooI uoor ooob child
will have gained his normal weight
for height and be given a certificate
of graduation from the nutrition class.
Miss Remage has been for three
years nutrition worker connected with
the tuberculosis and Public Health
Association of Rochester and Monroe
County, New York. She has organized
and conducted nutrition classes for
parochial and public schools in rural
districts and for pre-school children.
Miss Remage's training has consisted
of special courses in home economics
and while she is thoroughly trained in
food values she does not over stress
with nutrition work.
Miss Remage took the first Nutri-
ton Institute conducted in Rochester
by DR.. Emerson in October, 1920, and
Immediately entered the nutrition
work. She has also had some expe-
rience with a summer nutrition camp,
and has been connected with work
which the association has carried on
in weighing and measuring children
in Vacation Bible Schools and at fairs,
and has organized entire schools on a
nutrition program, using the red, blue
and white cards which DR.. Emerson
describes.
She is thoroughly %conversant with
hospital social service, understands
the n of approach in securing
the correction Of physical defects and
the Importance of such measures. She
has been successful in working with
doctors, nurses and social workers in
her work. She has also secured CO.
operation of teachers, principals and
parochial school pastors wherever her
work brought her in contact with
them.
She is expert in chart making and
in keeping records and statistics and
in looking after other necessary data
in connection with the nutrition class
work. She understands to some ex-
tent the value of publicity and has
charge of a small exhibit used in con-
nection with the nutrition work.
Miss Remage is thoroughly %convers-
ant with literature on the subject of
nutrition and public health and is in
touch with the national organizations
in a position to cooperate with the
nutrition work. 1t is interesting to
note that each principal, teacher and
J superintendent is making special con-
cessions to the sickly children. In
one school the principal cut down the
gym" period and other work SO that
so minutes a day is added to the rest
period. In nearly all of the schools
a glass of milk or sandwich is served