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Show uo DR. E. G. GOWANS BACK FROM EAST SALT LAKE, Sept. 12 Dr. E. G. Gowans, state superintendent of public pub-lic Instruction, returned yesterday from an extended tour of eastern cities ci-ties whero ho has worked in many H-brarics H-brarics and clinics to gather the best information on the problem of medical inspection and health of school children. chil-dren. He has pursued the Investigation Investiga-tion continuously since- tho close of tho convention of tho National Education Edu-cation association, hold early In July at Pittsburg. Dr. Gowans reports ho has investigated inves-tigated health conservation and the systems in vogue in many large cities. ci-ties. No phase of our national life is suffering suf-fering more from the scarcity of nurses nurs-es and physicians occasioned by tho war than the schools, Dr. Gowans said. I Ho is evolving a plan whereby he i hopes to utilize tho teachers of the state in health work. Dr. Gowans is writing a bulletin on health work in the schools thut will be ready for dis-l dis-l trlbuUon. within a fow weeks. |