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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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easeor defect. It is more likely, however, that thefeeding would prove to be at fault, the shedsinsanitary or overcrowded, and the animalsneglected. The stock might be recovering fromthe effects of some disease, or want of cleanlinessmight account for the failure to thrive. A healthy herd cannot be reared from ill-nourished young, nor can a vigorous race beexpected from a school population in which amillion children are suffering from malnutrition. In so far as this condition leads to physicalunfitness and in many cases to definite disease, itimposes a tax on the community and reduces theearning power of the nation. The ill-nourished child is prone to minor ail-ments, susceptible to tuberculosis, listless,apathetic, Incapable of sustained mental effort. The causes of malnutrition are as yet imper-fecdy understood. It is certain, however, thatamong the more important are the following : — I. Insufficient or unsuitable food. — Therapidity with which ill-nourished children improve i8
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Malnutrition when in attendance at school canteens or afteradmission into institutions supports the assump-tion that either improper feeding or lack of food isa potent factor in the causation of malnutrition.While it is true that poverty may sometimes beihe reason, it is much more usual to find that wantof knowledge on the part of mothers of the valueof the various foods, and inability to obtain bysimple cooking the full nutriment from foodstuff,are chiefly responsible. The reports of School Medical Officers clearlyshow an appalling amount of ignorance in simplehome cooking and in the general management ofthe house, but it must not be thought that mothersrefuse to learn when an opportunity is offered.The success achieved by schools for mothers pointsthe way along which future effort must be made. 2. Insanitary conditions in the home*(a) Lack of air and sunlight.—The good resultsapparent in the health of children in attendanceat open-air schools seem to furnish evidence thatlack of a

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