Show ON HEALTH attendance 1 sickness causes more absence from school than all other causes combined 2 the average child in the morgan district loses about school days on account of sickness each year 3 the average child loses aa 31 2 days of school tor for causes other than sickness 4 absence for all causes shows a steady decline for the past six years 5 common colds cause caulp more absence for sickness than all other combined eliminating con agins 6 little sickness of any kind prevails when school opens in the fall but it rapidly increases after cold weather begins reaching its peak in the months of january and february sickness shows a decrease with the coming of spring aprin 9 7 little tots are absent more on account of sickness than the older students with a maximum in the th first and second grades and lowest in the ath and ath grades accord ins to pur our records the fifth and sixth grade child Is more immune from sickness than any other age 8 during the last three years the morgan jorgan district lias has steadily increased its expenditure for health work in 1930 we spent 2635 while during this year to date we have spent 9 nearly all of this latter amount has been spent for tonsils and teeth treatment under the 50 50 plan 10 in the morgan district 1934 up to and including the eighth grade out of examined students had normal tonsils and had had their tonsils removed the remaining have different degrees of infection however there are few badly infected cases 11 children with infected ton sils are absent on account of sickness more than students with normal tonsils ton sils 12 approximately sixty percent of parents took advantage of having their childrens teeth treated last summer under the 50 50 plan offered by the board 13 the average total cost per child for his teeth work was under this plan the board paid out for teeth work and the parents must have paid or promised to pay an equal sum |