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Ilia h e a lth .

(2) The school should p rov id e su p erv ised p h y sic a l ex­

e r c is e through v a rio u s ty p es o f games*

(3) M edical exam ination o t a l l school c h ild re n should

he given so a s to d e te c t d ise a se s and p h y sic a l d e fe c ts and

cure them a s f a r a s p o s s ib ly can he done.

The te a c h e r should he c o n tin u a lly on th e a l e r t f o r sym-

toms o f communicable d is e a s e s , such a s coughing, inflam ed

ey es, ru nning nose, ra s h e s , e tc . The school n u rse should

d a ily in sp e c t a l l c h ild re n who a re n o t fe e lin g w ell o r who

have symptoms o f contag io u s d ise a se , and have th e p h y sician

diagnose su sp ic io u s lo ok in g cases h e r la c k o f s p e c ia l tr a in s

in g p r o h ib its h e r from m aking. The duty o f th e school n u rse

in clu d es making heme v i s i t s , encouraging p a re n ts and g uard ians

to have p h y sic a l d e fe c ts rem edied, and secu re d e n ta l trea tm en t

f o r c h ild re n whose te e th need a tte n tio n .

In C astaic Union, /F elto n , Honby, and Hew F ra Schools

m ost o f th e h e a lth in s tru c tio n i s given hy th e te a c h e r a s

th ey do n o t employ th e s e rv ic e s o f a school n u rse . Newhall

School employs a school n u rse s ix days p e r month and Saugus
School h u t one. The n u rse d iv id e s th is tim e in to h a lf days,

th u s v i s i ti n g Saugus tw ice m onthly, and Newhall from th re e

to f iv e tim es a weak. S ince th e n u rse liv e s in N ew hall, she

comes to th e school any tim e she i s c a lle d by th e p r in c ip a l,

o fte n b ein g a t th e school p a r t o f each day d uring th e week.

Any c h ild n o t f e e lin g w ell o r whom th e te a c h e r f e e ls

has symptoms o f a contagious d ise a se in th e Newhall School

i s se n t to th e nurse f o r in s p e c tio n . F req uently th e n u rse