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Show i- NEW HEALTH STATUTE i AGITATES EDUCATORS t . j Expense of Providing for r School Nurses May Limit Operation of Law, j c Question Raised as to the j Workability of Portions !j of New Legislation. ? Vt i'S'.ri:'.!; to I:.i''-Vr f:vm tltf frluM-l- it t1' ."'-tv U l '.l t:-e '.m.tlu'Ul 1 ti::U:i .f utvi.t J.'.i'iV a .-.r for siu-ol k r.:!v'.-, S.i't I i5 Cuy Ivaivl or du-r du-r o.u -on h.i mv.imiu-a w t ony ;uim::ii-fi ;uim::ii-fi tiu'.m ll tio'it not dM:o to a .til it- 4 i-;'!:' o: t':o a'.it.or:t' : ;i ti ,t li to tu-w k Itea'l'i '.aw. to p:o '.do St: own i:uios for f wo a te of l'1 o!i. ? rVr ja:ve Mt's pa( l.e Vly IumUIi da- p a.-::-..' :'t ui it 11 t v,'co li.ul ma'.n-f ma'.n-f t::'t.l oor,' of s'O.-l mirr-os ar.J lu.illh I ar..: a:::i-iry eom!:!:.i'r : ili p.:MU-k p.:MU-k sW-; o: S;t!t L.aUo h.io been uiuir f ti $uper :?'.ori o' tl,.f o:iy health do; .irt- Te I-.t'.i' :s. di'iMvtm ;.t l as Kid a 5-.'' -,v! ru'.e --;.. on .ti-.d 1 as :n.t'.::i.ii:ied 5 r.:;--os for .'Kh-'. v o:' ill jl .v;-l o( 5 T.:o ivi.t I .iKo t .ird ot cd 'Jo.t t vn Ki d '. o vr-J. : I: -i t if : I a v a t ! u i f of t ;.e f at::.-or:iy i;:a"U-d o C c n,-w he.i'.th ed'.i- f cat -.on law . it will Kt e to w:u -v ft tlif ? cr.' of t '.s ( of so '..h1 :n.irMs and I jvav t.-.e fU"o Mit-ii p.:r;'S o.it of lis L o u :ur.. NaturH;. , V. 'ooard Is not m a" ke-:' alvut t.' is sort o: a dtil. tt C i sa:d. T'o cit has Ivon a::d is bt:ll 1 it ar.no i::ue J. to v-o:i:!:r.: us k (i-v-.oo: ii o w ork. a:: J, tlerf fvre, t'.:c I b-.itd s-es no reaaoa to c-u:a. I Option L'ndesirable. I -; t'.-: t.".e law was aseJ tv.ere k ntJ a i;c;:o:-,d i::'.-ierta"dt!'.;j t,-.it all r;'s,?? rew '-'a-Lli tvl'.: nation r'an C v:s to o Lori'.o f:v:n t 'u pesicra! s : a t e I .".''oi fJ". 1. I; l:ai f' n d :soo 0: e 1. liow- ever. t!'At !.c !iw p:ovlos ti-at te al- I nr- tra o'.'.'.'.s fx;,e:ies of t'.e Mate P circcor of ca.i:! ed-:oa::on is to be borv.c P C -" o: tl-t- gt-sTal tate f.-o-d !::::!. o':t I r ,:.::'.;; ; .a. 1 aV-ui t"'.e : :a:o bi arti.i; P the eA:''?:,o .-f s.to-1! rurcs ai.d upir- I vi; rs o: ;e l'.t edu.-a tion. ? Or. t'".e oontiarv. ;t-..t:. n " of t)'e 'w 1 p rc '. : d e ? t : . a t "Tie bo a r d s of education t c: all s.-'r.ooi distr1-. :s of te i-.ate are au- I ti :-r:-ed tj ao pt .:'. i rra.-ot'ab!e nea- I L s-jris for I'.ealO edti.-aiA'ii a:id to iMour I s reasov.ab.o exro:'M' as may be r.tvs- C sary for t.e pro:iau:on of t.:e p::; scai i v.e.:are cf c.i!-iren.'" k 1: ha t-een dco-. ere1. it is stated. ta I this r aces il'.e expense on t.e local s ' vl S?n:s, but leaves ;t opliorai w ith teni I a b ? u t i c c u r r t v. t e c . p e r: e . Just how I s. 'wards are sro:."-; to t.eroie t'.e op-f op-f tion regains to be eer. The Silt Lake scr-:l auth rit:e ha-, e in iicated to the q c.:y authorities that t!ey d ." pot care to h exercise the option, but are well sa;i:sf:ed r to continue t e toho-l w --rk of the city board cf hea'.tli. wh.ich 1: 33 rroved hish-t hish-t ly successful in even.- way ever since U was inaugurated by pr. Samuel G. Taul. C city health conin::ssio:ier. ! Mav Be Tested. ?-?me question has been raised a? to whether the entire health eU'"ar-ion law . is really operative. Thu far the q'H-s- tion as to whether the law is re illy effective ef-fective has only been discussed in whispers, whis-pers, and r.o one has had the t::-erity to oren'y charee that It ts defeo:ive, " but sirors Lntimations to ir.is effect and thf-.t it will probably t-e tested in the ourts if the state board seeks to put it irt operation, have been heard from several sources. U has been pointed out that the tirle of the act sets forh that it provides "for a course of study for the preparation prepara-tion of health education supervisors and school nurses." but that the body of '.be law makes no reference to any courses :' of instruction for such, does not provide for the appointment of supervisors or nurses and makes no mention of any pay for such. "v: 'i : that the state board of health shall "determine the professional requirements of supervisors of health education and Echooi nurn-es." but makes no mentiou of courses of study for preparation and no , vi provision for the appointment or pay of :- supervisors or school nurses. It is pointed out further that the law-provides law-provides that "health education consist-ir? consist-ir? of sanitation and personal and school h; giene shall be required of all teachers in the public -h:s of tt --at.." b it n-t pro ribe what riu a". 1 'i m t r-lii'r r-lii'r they .ha!l hsw a:id d-f n t otif.-r authority u ; ui'- N'ard t dt'tt-rnii'ie w l-.4t education ,-u h l::.cs : hall bo re-quired School peop 1 b. w : " J i-pr-lch - 1 yetcrtlay with o,'i''-t"n tb"ut th ne.-hi ne.-hi w and it operation f :mpi v shruiriT - d the'r siiou.ders and idvk th.eir hc.nH dllb!OUio. "I dout V.r. "-w ," v us the only eminent that could elicited from them a vd ii .tie would be quoted as to h::i or her ofimon about the nw law. The teachers, all t-f wbo-n are ff.cf-ed ff.cf-ed bv the law, if it t: cp:a!ie. ..re . n -C.lKcd l!i '"V At hl'il 'AaU.-'C ' to S' C wh.at th- s:aV- board of tdu.-atiou dors in relation re-lation to the ir.a.t-r. Tl ' b -iy 1 -hd-ud to hold a ir. . e : . r at ih.- ca: 'td f-day f-day to take up the new health rdu--.it law for consideration m ref-Tti.cc to put-tin put-tin tr it into opvration. lr Is ur.d-t-' : -od th.ri' the nia'f of p- s-?ibb s-?ibb defc-ts in t!ie r:itute Hill b cail-d to the atten'ion of the b-atd today a:id he subject will be dcu-cd with a f w-to w-to overcvtning thoe alleged df.---f. if it it; held by the board l.uit the j ni:U raised are valid. |