Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-08-20 | Page 24 | 2600 Children, Fit and Happy, Ready for First School Bell

Three R' Novices Get HealtH Approval rv "' . r ..... . ; ; - ' ' HEALTH CLINIC DRAWS SALT LAKE CITY'S PRESCHOOL CHILDREN Dr. S. G. Paul, Marlene Backman, Elaine Bult. Donna Jean Partington, Donald Jackson, . Frankie Sartor, Gloria Wallers, Carol Ho It, Marilyn Jean Pugh, Glennys Garrick e . 2600 Children, Fit and Happy, Ready for, First School Bell More than 2600 Salt Lake City children will enter school for the first time September in the best health in the history ot the school system, but parent will need to be vigilant if they are to keep that health rating for their children, Dr. 8. G. Paul, health director for the city board of education, warned Friday after exam- Bad baby teeth affect the adult teeth. Are thess preschool examinations worth ths effort? Decidedly so. Dr. Psul declares. Ths higher scholastic record of beginners be-ginners speaks for Itself, he believes. ininf hundreds of youngsters. ( Neariit; the end of the summer's physical examinations for children who will enter kindergarten and th first grade. Dr. Faul noted a remarkable heslth improvement over conditions of 12 to 15 years sgo and a steadily Incrsasing Improvement Im-provement In recent years. Physical defects have been discovered, and brought to parents' attention, that would have retarded th child's progress in cUuawork. The old conception that a shlld la either bright or dull is not enough to explain caliber of school work," Dr. Paul said. The bright child cannot do good work if he is In poor heslth.1 Then Dr. Paul turned to precautions precau-tions necessary on th parents' part If th child is to mak th most of his intellectual possibilities. -Rest is the most vital factor In child health," he said. "Particularly In this axe do w have conditions tending to Interfere with a child's rest Radios, automobiles and other mechanical aids to noisinsss all tend to prevent a child from getting sufficient sleep. "A school child simply must go to bed early to maintain health. A fi net-grader should be in bed by at least o'clock." Diet Is another factor In physical well-tMlng, although this problem recently has taken a nw angle. . "Most parents no longer eu- Ignorant Ig-norant of what food a child should at." Dr. Paul faid. "The problem now is how to get the child to est K. Her psychological factor enter, en-ter, and ons of these factors is the parents' attitude toward their own diet When an adult spurns a parsnip th child is apt to acorn cabbag or high-hat th spinach. It becomea 'smart' to b finicky. Suddenly, the parent wakes up one morning to find the child with a cas of "nerves' so far as food dislikes dis-likes ars concerned." Just because those baby teeth will com out don't think they do not require attention. Dr. Paul warned. There is a groat improvement in this regard compared with former years," he said. "It used to be that w found no baby teeth having had dental attention. Today, dental work on baby teeth la th rule rather than th exception." Tet of all th defects noted among preschool children, dental deficiency defi-ciency is th most common, ho said-