Show F f. f T Talk cilk to o School Patrons l By Dy Jas H H. H Moore County Superintendent Super Super- The Tho following is taken from the th Utah Public Health Journal f In order to better beller ascertain the tho V 4 health work accomplished In the tho j f a North district In reference to the modern health r crusade crusado the board of education there thero i. i prepared a and sent to f the parents of or all children enrolled in the crusado crusade Among tho the ques ques- r were Lions the following 1 Docs Does your child have bave an interest inter Inter- P est st in health crusade work worl t 2 Has lIas' your child exp explained the f. f work to you r 3 Does the example of tho the ono one doing tho the health chores have any influence In Influence In- In fluence upon a the older children of the family b the younger children children chil chil- dren of the family r. r 4 Which o of the ten chores is thet the t hardest for your child if r 6 5 Is your jour child beginning to form better health habits 6 6 G. Do you t think ink the children work for the different badges budges or for the gaining of b better health I 7 Do you think that it it causes the child to be bo untruthful in the I II I marking of his or her card cud 8 S. What benefits are your child c receiving receiving re re- cei by doing the health chores 9 What suggestions have ha you to offer th t you think would the health work vork In the school 10 Is s the Ule health work worth a amore amore I more prominent place than Is given It in the school at the present time Startling information was discovered discovered ered Bred through this report blank yet Information in direct keeping with the physical examinations given the chUden childen by the school nurse It was found Cound that hat the chore hardest to do for the greatest number of children In that district was chore No 4 I brushed m my teeth thoroughly after breakfast and after the evening meal today and it was in this district that tho largest per cent of physical defects erects defects was found to Ito be decayed teeth The next hardest chore for forthe forthe forthe the greatest number of oC pupils was chore No 10 I tried hard today to sit up and stand up straight to keep neat cheerful cheerful and clean minded and to be helpful to others The third chore I kept m my fingers fingers fingers fing fing- ers pencils and everything likely to tobe tobe be unclean or injurious out of my mouth and nose today was wass not a bother to any child IChU In the tho district as I not one of them found it burdensome to do All of the tho parents to whom tho the was sent with tho the exception exception ex ex- of three were wore glad to cooperate cooperate coop coop- erate erato with the board of education and answered all of the questions The three parents thought it was lObody's business whether their child was interested In health work or did the tho health chores or not Ninety parents were consulted Sev Sev- enty-eight enty declared their children were thoroughly explained tho the crusade crusade cru cru- sade ade to two had failed to do so 50 In answer to question 4 In 39 homes the older children of the family had been affected by the crusade crusade cru cru- sade and adopted its health habits and nd in 62 homes the tho younger chil chil- children children dren had six Seventy-six parents emphatically stated staled that their children had formed formed formed form form- ed better health habits as a a. direct result of the crusade crusado but in seven homes It had failed to take root in permanent habits two Thirty-two parents parents parents par par- thought their children were doing the work for tho the reward o of bettor health 8 thought perhaps the I pretty prelly attractive l badges auges was the sole lure 40 thought they were doIng doing doing do do- ing it for both badges and healt health Belief that the crusade might cause untruthfulness truthfulness was expressed by 14 I parents while 67 were confident it had made for stricter honesty and truthfulness Among the benefits recited were wore Health and strength good habits makes a better boy out o of him clean teeth body and hands an attempt to eat slowly plenty of fresh air at night gaining in weight kee keeps him cheerful learning to appreciate cleanliness has created a desire to tobe tobe tobe be neat neat And for the improvement suggestions suggestions we have such as this Keep up the good work be more strict more rigid checking I am converted convert convert- ed enough to believe in using force If necessary stringent rules for early early early ear ear- ly retirement at night give school credits for the work put it in all the grades Sixteen parents were satisfied with the health work being done at pres present pres- pres ont ent In the schools while 49 thought it should be given a more prominent place in the curriculum |