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Show CLOSE FOUR MONTHS' RED CROSS WORK IN COUNTY SCHOOLS NURSE REPORTS STARTLING DEFECTS AMONG CHILDREN i .'. four months' nursing service service has just been completed in hr: -chools of the county under the au.'ipiccs of the local Red Cross chap-'er, chap-'er, financed principally by the Hoard of Education and subsidized by the rational Red Cross. All the ;iii'(!".T n have been given physica' ! im:.--?r'i:o;i.; by the nurse. Miss Pur- cr-lie Puck, nr.d in many ca:;es, physical phy-sical examinations have also been made by the local physicians. The examinations included eye tests, Inspections In-spections of the teeth, nose, throat, nosture, weight and general physical condition. In some cases, heart ex- aminations were also made by the physicians. ; 0:ie-fif:h of th-j school children in ( i.'ord. arc fu i;:g from defective 1 virion, according to the reports of ''he eye tests made by the nurse the tst month of schooL Notices have been sent to all parents par-ents of children with . eye defects, and all who have interviewed the aurse plan to have the defect corrected cor-rected before another school year. An equally ' serious, condition is found in the number of children who are very much underweight. One-sixth One-sixth of the children in Milford are ten per cent, or more, underweight. ''This deficiency can be traced in -nany cases to diseased tonsils and idenoids, or other physical defects 'that are keeping the child below normal nor-mal health," states Miss Peck. Fifty-two per cent of the school children have defective teeth. So icute is this condition that a contest was held between rooms in the grade ichool the last month of school to stimulate dental corrections. Mr. Pollard's room won the banner which was offered for the room having he largest number of children with "0. K. Teeth Slips". A large number of children are suffering from diseased tonsils and adenoids, deafness, ear infections, swollen neck glands, and other de-"ects de-"ects that will handicap them for life if not corrected in time. Several children have been found with J rheumatism, h"avt trouble, goitre, ; Si. Vitus dar.e arj c:h;r rc.:te cm- liitions usually ti t:: c: r.;, ' bv, infected to:".:-iis cr :e:'-l".. ; A special dilvc hx; '.c.n raude to : correct defects of the nose, throat, and . teeth. Fifty-two school children . have had nose and throat defects corrected, besides a large number of pre-school children. "A large amount of money is spent by the taxpayers every year to educate children, many of whom are riot in'physical condition, to make, use of this education which is given tnem," says Miss Peck "The children of a community are its greatest asset. Every cent invested invest-ed in their welfare is an investment in future citizenship." i |