Evening star., 1923-12-02

workers 3,779.40
executive office and administration
expenses ....-..-............... 1896. 40
Total expenditures. .. $40, 926 81
Appropriations Schools.
During the past year the associa-
ton has continued to provide the
school luncheons at the two open-air
classes. the Blake and Stevens. 1t is
hoped that the number of these
classes may be increased to the point
where there shall be a least one in
each school division. In addition the
association has placed in the hands Of
the school authorities during the
year $1,000, for supplementary service
at the two health schools for chill
dren excluded from the regular grades
! by reason OF tuberculous infection
These schools are the Hamilton and
the Harrison.
! The association appropriated $500
! for the physical education depart
ment. in order to enable the director
to distribute suitable awards to
those pupils who qualified as physi-
cally fit. In order to win these
awards the children were required to
be of normal weight. to have had all
to have maintained a good record in
health studies. well as to have
shown considerable degree of phys
1cal proWesS.
For Health Crusade.
In 1919 the association, with the
hearty approval of the board of ed
ucation. introduced the modern health
first year 26.000 boys and girls en-
rolled, performing certain health
chores daily. In the third year of
the crusade. $4,000 children were en-
rolled, thereby winning the cup Of
fered to cities OF 100, 600 or over hav.
! ing the largest enrolment in pro-
portion to population. President
Harding awarded the cup to DR.. Bal
! lou and members of his staff, who pre-
sented themselves at the White
House for the occasion. 1t was then
| that President Harding gave utter
ance to that sentiment which has
| been widely quoted since:
If ! were to offer prayer, II would
be first for the spiritual excellance of
our nation and next for it's well being
in health. In order to effect the phys
ically perfect nation. | would expect
to begin with the children"
The health chores of the crusade
were found so helpful that they sub
sequently were incorporated in the
revised manual of health teaching,
prepared by a special committee ap-
pointed by the board of education,
thus enabling the tuberculosis Asso-
citation to withdraw from further
demonstration of the value of the
crusade.
Nutrition Clinics.
Following the health crusade
demonstration, the association under
took another bit of educational propa-
ganda work which has received the
strong Endorsement of the health de-
partment and its medical inspection
service in the public schools and the
school authorities themselves, name
ly, the establishment of nutrition
clinics for underweight children. Be
ginning three years ago with six such
clinics. the number had increased last
year to twenty-six. including clinics
conducted in connection with the
children's summer camps and the
Childrens Hospital. The director of
this work is Mrs. Ernest r. Grant, who
was also the director of the health
crusade. Assisting her last year were
three other workers. Miss Edna
Bailey. Miss Margaret H. Craig and
Mrs. Esther Kammerer
One of the chief values OF these nutri-
tfon clinics has been to show the
seriousness and widespread extent OF
malnutrttion among school children
irrespective Of differences of family
economic status. The Parent-Teach-
er associations have actively partici
mated in the weighing and measuring
of school children and have encour-
aged a more general use of school
luncheons of milk and crackers. An
other mark ed influence of the nutri-
tion clinic work has been the stress
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correction of remediable physical de-
fects, which in many cases are found
to account for underweight, parttc-
ularly where such defects seriously
limit the amount of oxygen which
the children breathe, as in the case
of obstruction of the nasal passages.
Infection, too. from diseased tonSils
has been found a cause of under
weight in many instances. For the
correction of these defects. the CO.
operation Of the parents Is found to
be absolutely necessary. Other
causes of underweight have also been
clearly demonstrated In the work Of
these clinics, such as overfatigue. too
little sleep, eating sweets between
meals. lack of milk in the daily diet
and absence of parental control.
Last year the association spent in
its work with the children along the
lines indicated total OF S13.454SS.
Much of this work should ultimately
be taken over by the school authori-
ties and made an official part Of the
school program
Occupntional Therapy Work.
In the occupational therapy de-
partment, Of which Mrs. Agnes II.
Stewart Is director. 125 different
patients were enrolled at the Tuber-
of the chief values OF the work has
been found to be it's psychological
effect upon the patients. not only
occupying their minds and thereby
taking them off the immediate trou-
BILE, but giving them fresh courage
| by making them feel that they are
still capable of performing useful
service.
| DIR. George NJ. Kober is the presi-
dent of the association and DR.. Har-
| vey w. Wiley is vice president. The
| treasurer is Frank p. Reside, to
lwf1om checks for the purchase of seals
should be made payable and sent to
the social service house, 1922 11th