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Identifier: welfareofschoolc00cate (find matches)
Title: The welfare of the school child
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Cates, Henry Joseph
Subjects: School hygiene Child care
Publisher: New York, Funk and Wagnalls Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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g from ringworm of the scalpmust be excluded from school until a re-admissionnotice has been issued by the Medical Officer. Ahome visit should be made, particularly for thepurpose of discovering disease in those underschool age, and to arrange for disinfection. Treatment may take the form of the applicationof various chemicals or the use of X-rays. In theformer it is essential that the affected area shouldbe shaved at least twice a week, and that no watershould be applied to the scalp. The X-ray treat-ment, by causing the hair to fall out, frees thefollicles from infection, and is doubtless the mostrapid and most certain method to employ. With-out the use of X-rays the disease may persist forseveral months or even years, and the loss of edu-cation will be a very serious matter for the child.To meet this, in urban areas the prevalence of ring-worm may justify the establishment of a specialclass for those excluded from ordinary elementaryschools. This procedure has the advantage that 68
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Minor Ailments the children are being educated, and at the sametime are under treatment and supervision. Scabies.—Itch, like ringworm of the skin, isan ailment of which the treatment is comparativelysimple, and can be carried out by a nurse actingunder medical direction. It is, however, a diseasecausing considerable discomfort and, at times, in-tolerable itching. Scabies is due to the invasion ofthe skin by the itch parasite. The female burrowsinto the skin and there deposits eggs, while themale remains on the surface or in the clothing.The infection has become, owing to the War, muchmore prevalent than formerly, but even in pre-wartimes it was the cause of much loss of attendance,mainly because in few areas have systematicschemes been provided to deal with the problem. The first step in prevention must be the detec-tion of the disease, and the public elementaryschools afford a convenient starting-point for in-quiry. Every child in a school should be examinedby a trained nurse at in

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