The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-01
Education Reduces
 State Death Rate
Bureau of Child Hygiene Urges Spread of Pre.and . Post-NataI Knowledge Conferences Proposed

their part, as their years increase and their intelilgence dcveions. lcarn health habits and arc shown the value to themselves of foilow- ing tho laws of health.
 Correcting Wrong Tendencies
 Other economic benefits to com. munities in which these confer ences arc hold accrue through tho saIvaging of tho children's health by having wrong tendencies and defects corrected before they have Q chance to become lifelong han dicapB. One instance selected from q host of others will serve as an H. iustration.
 Four-year-old Rene was brought to tho nearby well child conference because he had walked with an ex- nggernted limp since his babyhood days. Examination revealed that he had q congenitai disiocation of the hip. Through tho family physician he was referred to q specialist for treatment. An x-ray confirmed the diagnosis. Tho ilttlo ono was sent to a hospital where, during . six months stay, an operation on tho hip was performed and casts were kept on which the hip joint was getting strong. Tho outcome of all this is that Rene is now walking normally and has an equal chance with other childron to grow to strong manhood.
 Expensive dishcs and Iuxurios, fruits and vegetables out of season are not essential for the chlld's wcll-being. Foods rich in vltamins A, B, c, and D arc fortunately In fhA tAoa GyNAAUtxtM G al m AAA Ana includes milk and It's products, GEES fresh fruits and vegetables will help fortify our children against the inroads of disease.
 Summer IeOund.up
 Tn 1925 tho National Congress of Parents and Tenchers inaugurated summer r-round-up work, whereby the children about to enter school for tho first timo In tho fall might be examined. The goal, ns in all preventive child health work, is to discover and have corrected all ex- istlng defects before tho fall term, that Connecticut's children may en- ter school in as nearly 100 per cont physical condition ns possible. In cooperation with tho bureau of child hygiene this work Is carried on by the Congress of Parents and Teachers throughout tho state.
 Bcginning in March of tho cur- Mnt year tho summer round.ups were again under way. This year many parochial schools swelled the volume of the work. Notwithstand. ing interruptions, by the middle of July 178 round-ups had beon held, showing Q total of 3,445 children examined: Three hundred and thir- ty-nine (33g) schools received this service in 1888, this against SIS school groups of the previous year, Forty-flve round-ups were 100 per cent, with 234 one hundred per cent children. That is, about 2 per cent of tho children examined were found without defects.
 At the end of eight years of sum- mcr roundup work in every part of Connecticut, 1t Is generally con- ceded that there can be no doubt of tho great value of this piece of constructive work.
 The present problem Is to pro- cure m adequate force of workers in order to satisfy tho demand. Even If there were no service ren- dered except that of discovering defective vision and hearing and making possible their correction before school life begins, the pre- school examinations would be jus tificd. When to this consideration is added the benefit of discovering