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Show ' HEALTH BY UNCLE SAM, M. D. Health Questions Will Be Answered An-swered If Sent to Information Bureau, U. S. Publlo Health SerV. Ice, Washington, D. C. O SCHOOL HYGIENE. A school child should receive as careful attention physically as it does mentally. Medical supervision of schools Is the means by which many physical defects that should receive early attention are recognized and corrected. cor-rected. In sections where there Is no medical supervision of the schools many children attend school with some physical handicap that very materially ma-terially retards their progress, unconscious uncon-scious of the fact thnt their slow progress prog-ress Is duo to some physical defect that could bo remedied. An education educa-tion is difficult to obtain even under the best conditions. All physical nan dlcaps should be removed through health supervision of school children. Most of the cities of the Unftefi States maintain medical supervision over the health of the school children. Very few of tho schools In the rural districts have such supervision. The supervision of the health of childron attending school in the rural districts is even more Important thnn the supervision su-pervision of children in tho city, bo-cause bo-cause of the limited medical facilities Jn most rural districts dis-tricts . and tho poorly ventilated buildings. Competent authorities state that the dofective physical condition con-dition ot the young men of draft age was largely duo to neglect of proper guidance during tho period of the youth. The medical supervision of school children includes, In addition to tho care ofthe physical and mpn-tal mpn-tal health, tho surroundings of tho child at school, and tho heating, lighting, light-ing, ventilation and cleanliness of the school building provision of proper toilet and bathing facilities, and 'a suitablo playground. Q. Is "cross-eyes" curable without operation? My 5-year-old boy is troubled trou-bled this way. What shall I do? A. A condition of the eyes In young children that is very disfiguring and is usually neglected or ignored is that of squint or "cross-eyes." It occurs usually between the ages of 2 to 6 years, and comes on gradually grad-ually at first. There is a common belief be-lief that children will outgrow cross-eyes. cross-eyes. This is not true. When left untreated un-treated the tendency is for the condition condi-tion to grow worse. Childron with cross-eyes should have medical attention as early as possible, because in the majority of cases properly prop-erly fitted glasses will restore the eyes to their normal condition. on |