\
the foundation of a beautiful slruc- tier treatment . ........ . ...... 402
turc. Excavations must first be made. Numbpr .of cases of pediculi
and then the timt and sure fourliation cleaned up ................... 166
firmly and securely itt bullded by 6011- Number showing signs of anemia
slant effort. Much of this never shows and malnutrition ............. 378
but, nevertheless. it is the most iln- Number of miscellaneous cases” 86
portant part of the building. The Number of cases reported to the
Qchool nurse is a link between home health omccr ........... . ..... 29
and school, physician and scltool.and Number of cases referred to dili-
bctween the physician and the child. pensairy ................ . ..... 28
As an illustration, a kindergarten Number of cases referred to
child in this city was noticed to be charity commission ......... . 10
limping badly, The nurse‘s attention Wliole numbcr of pupils under
was? called to the case, she visited the treatment ...... . ............. 868
home and talked to the mother, asked Number of pupils under treat-
her to call in the family physician and ment of family physician...... 466
to follow his advice. The physician Number of pupils fitted with
was called and found the child to be glasses ..1 ............. 6
/ .was put to bed and an extension put
for recovery. Parents have been per— ,_tag'ion and pedicull) ....... _164
bounded, through the home visits of the Number takem to dentists and
school nurse to take their children to physician by parents' request. 6
_ where children who were retarded be-
~ 7 cause of defective vision, were fitted
1 with lglasses to the immediate relief of
_ the child. And, last but not least,
‘fcloanliness has increased as the re.
salt of the nurse's, vlélts to the homes
but! the school. The visit of the nurse
port on the work of the school nurse. Nuilibcr of pulls showing rights
as follows: of defective teeth ........... .2.0l9
South Norwalk, Court. 1916 Number of pupils showing signs
Report of the School Nutse. Norwalk of defective throttt ............ 58?.
Public Schools: Number oi pupils showing signs
School nursing has nursed the error of illtottl Obstruction ........... 35::
imental stage and become an estab- Number 0! pupils showing signs
lishcd fact in all of otlr larger cities of enlarged glands ............ 468
and in small ones also. Like all other Number of pupils showing signs
edutntionnl activities, when first intro. 0: eye troublc ................ 527
duced. there are olstacies to over- Number of pupils showing signs
come. Prejudice-s against new ideas of skill trouble ................ 29
to break down and an interest and burnbcr of pupils showing signs
hearty cooperation of parents. touch of ear trotthlc ............... 34
81‘s and COlllllllllllll'. ‘0 bh‘ltl llll lllO- Number of cases of pediculi (lice) 40..
cripple. Them-aracvasuuto
the wither.
noticed the trouble until the
called her attention to it. and listed
her 5.0 see her family physician.
has uteri no small part of the nurse‘s
duties to watch contagious diam.
admits
PM Ifflllllll ”All
(Cc-tinned Fro- Flrat Page;
.—
Chiet Bogardus. of the fire depart
Item man the first pet-son to appear
below the board, last evening, and the
chief (one with several grievances.
The first was relative to the cutting:
of the item calling for $700 for the
fist Side motor to $1.30. in the chief‘s
mind such a sum is tery inadequate
tot the size and power of the motor
wanted. Quite at dlbt'ut‘b‘wu arose be-
tween. the chief and the board (rlt‘l‘
thi: point. during which the members
oi the board inquired ol the chief as
to the different contractors who had
been given a chance to figure on the
motor Chief Bcgatdus was not sure
of the address of the >€\rl"dl contrac
tors who lutd estimated the cost. but
stated. upon question. that local con-
tractors had al it been alien is cliztlite
to do the work It was finally decid-i
ed to lll>ll"U(l the (lief to go over to
“cstptill and examine the ru'tlier
atriall riled motor in tist- oil the “his
tic in that place ,and set if such a lilo-
tol' Wullltl not be itinplc for the rieedal
of the Third district. The chief signi-
fied his intention of doing this. but
said that owing to the difference in;
communion of the two whistles a
Comparison would be hard to make
excluded the rooms fumigated, andl
the health ofllter notified. Following
the report of the contagious cases all;
the pupils of the room are closely.E
walciied. Sore throats and suspicious?
It3l195. sores. etc. have been exclud-l
. .l and, if the child was out of school
three days a certificate was re.
JUthLl from H)»- family physician or
the medical inspettor to assure the,
lilltll'rll and parent.- that the schools?
are the. safest place in the city fol‘thc:
children. it ll'da becn the constant ”.5
t'.i:t of tl.t> sthool nurse to cement the'
:.t anon btl“t‘t‘n thyslciau and the
t tool fcr tne bet ter physical and
.tt.a.tl tlttrlopiilclll oi the Chi ld Thel
l't5lill.‘ of spill nursing become more
1;: 'rtuible with time and continued cf !
'.ltn' be sure fllt'l lost of her work isl
ttlUtitllOltfil. The stall tital report of-
'llt‘ i.\t- months work follows: 1
lb"
An analysis of some of the figures is].
herewith submitted From February!
tint to April first. a physical survoy of]
:llt‘ >t‘ll0til tlliltlreri was made. ".l‘otal
l.t:il:ler of children inspected. 3,765:
2.019 pupils, or 54 per cent., were
.ultlltl to have deftttive teeth: 582’, or
The tliief will report at Holiday‘s l’t It“ cent. have defecliyc throats:
meeting. {532. m it per cent . nasal obstruction
The chief also strongly urged lllf’illl April and early {titty the physical
tittir action on
.ttord curds were sent to the homes
0
git‘tny the parents the pi‘illlegc of
hill in; the required physical exalllina-
boalti to consider
cutting out the sum of “.200 for the
miscellaneous fund. contesting that
without such a fund for the numerous lion made by the faintly pliysicisln. if
small items involved, that it would be lit-y Ml desired. l.l‘.l7. or 30 per
practically impossible to run the de. cent. receitt-tl such exatliination, and
‘20.? pupils. or 22 per cent. of the 11,137.
receiving the notification of apparent
pity slcal defect. were put under treat-
ment by the family physicians. There
“aft 1022 cases of pedit'ull or lice; 166,
HT it per cent, were cleaned up. arid
the rest were kept under constant ob-
.crvailon and treatment Constant of
full and continued education will get
tin of this trouble entirely in the near
future. During the last month the
nurse had assisted the medical inspec-
tors in the school where such assist-
ante was asked for. The school nurse
hits cooperated with the health oili-
cer, charity commission, dispensary,
dity nursery an tithe community for
the better conservation and physical
development of the child life of Nor-
walk
Dfll‘llllf’lll to any degree of efficiency.
The chief stated, as a parting shot,
that when the board appropriated oitly
810,007» for the salaries of the present
firemen, that it had collie short of the
amount actually needed by $5. The
extra five was quickly appropriated.
(‘ltarity Commissioner George Ray-
mond appeared after the hearing on
the fire department had closed and
asked the board to at least grant the
811,000 asked for by the charity de-
partment for the item of hospitals. in
stead of cutting the amount to $9,500
Mr. Raymond gave as a relt on for his
demands the plea that the Norwolk
Hospital authorities had notified the
charity authorities that, after July
first, the rates on town patients ad-
gittad to the local institution, would
be increased two dollars per we.ek in
such circumstances ”1,000 has be.
come a necessity.
' Work of the School Nurse.
Following Mr. Raymond cattle Dr.
Milton l. Cohurn with a complete re.-
A resume of the tabulated weekly
reports-of the school nurse follow-s: ,
hiltllber of school visits ......... , 199
Number of rooms inspected...., 160
number of pupils inspected ...... 8.76.3
Number of pupils re-lnspected..1303
neer work of tlils kin\‘, is like buiitline. Number of cases of pedicull un-
suffsring with hip joint disease. He Number of pupils having nose
and throat operations... . . . . . .'.
on his leg and now has a good chance Number of pupils excluded (coh-
‘uentists and doctors. In severalcases Number of notification cards of
apparent defects sent to parents.1.940
Number“ of pupils examined by
family physicians. and medical
inspectors in their ofllces.....l,l37
Number of schools gotten ready
for medical inspectors........
Number of/home vlsifs.........
Number of miscellaneous visits...
Number examined in school (with ‘
nurse assistifl‘g) ..........:.‘..,464
. During the month of April the: nurse
did all the clerical work on 1,040 noti-
floatlon, cords to the parents. And
20
368
{a the signal for scrubbing up. Many 138
xrbrttshes have been purchased
hind put. to work. and parents have '
gunpemuaded to consult the family
physician about Ul. physical defects
Mitten hamper the child. A small boy
Wind himself boron the medical
The mother had mor‘
nurse ‘
It,
Taro cases of scarlet fever were hound
desquimating in the school. Pronuptly; ‘
l
‘ somt items iii the department's budget
Imattet
that tilllini: the winter the schools had use until a few days ago was seven 5
a would not be sufficient to cover this;
10.414000, asked for light, water and
during tymnth of my shot scare-l wits voted to change this item from
i “5%”
i
who the whamvdiu.Anu-
mmihE-k‘nyhuw
l
incur-ant. l
‘l
rating llit school. for the medical in to the tune oi 8100 at the previous
.pH.m. [ruling the month of June meeting He made plain the expense
,m, ““00, “um. him“ the meat at o: these implements and utter learn
inspctloh “it, pinyin] (“initiations in: that the Mllooi liaise did not have
a [tllbllf' of llrl own in lln ill b sc hoot
flint used the phone in the superintend-
ent .~ office. the board decided to lack
tun the lost 100. br'lngingfhelulal tel
cpnone appropriation up to 8554, as
in lllt‘ schools ‘
Much Good. Accomplished.
As the doctor had the first part of
the show actount. William ll. Sicilia-
hon illuuircd as to whether the re-
port was the nurse‘s or itr t'oburn‘s lhkm for.
in: t‘obuln assured llirri thatl il wast Th” "“1 “‘1“ KOll‘lUdf‘d lllt‘ budget
me nurse's in.‘ the about board. “'lllt‘h_ had fared
Taking it all in a” ”W board dt't‘ldr‘ \t'l‘) well at the hands or the board
.ttl. that the: ailcr, M"
nurse was not such a bad thing for tileI planatiou mm b” u made.
a‘ had been thought. NufiltlT-| ’l‘ltt street dt‘llitl‘illlr‘fll budtlt‘t was
oils questions regarding her work and‘mr‘" taken up I“ ”1' board. Engineer
silerl'cn and Street Committee-man
duties were asked the doc'or, and he \1 l
. .. r l\' . ' - .
.trswcred tllt—rll readily and thorough- u l’ ' appearing to "'35" ”l“ “N“
teary t‘VlllitllIllons.
ll‘.
\lliilt llr'
triadu the
atltalllallf’ of the opportunity
as McMahon said. an ex-
tl't-lll lllt’ ‘Atht‘ account.
it \\ fl.
Cubuln litd the flint he: Tit flirt iltm con. hit-red was the
bc~t of his time arid took |buildinr. of a satisfattor. sewage sin
to geillt-nl for the vicinity of Concord street
and the Lincoln school. Mr. Shet‘ron.
fixtd up to the satisfaction of eachIWht' ll“ be?" lie-“Infill l0 Prewm a
party torlcerned. i"llil“Tl on 1th mutter. e‘a‘ ed that lit
The contingenty fund. calling for “ltd "“19 an llllt'rlltlllnn of the all
3500 whith was entirely cut out by Hutton "rd that it “end. in bi opin.
the Board of Estimate. at its recent‘lon talu- rhott stereo to or up the
interim: was explained by Dr. t‘obum ‘fll-‘lt‘lll ‘0 proptr rh-lpc This subiect
as being one of the most necessary ,“l ‘ lllt’ lODlt‘ Of Illuth distussion and
paris of the budget without wine-liter itlw board tspent muth tune tn looking
lain needed work would be impossibly at rilllplcs 0f Pll‘ti. its recommended
An enumeration of pupils, which savse l’.‘ lht‘ engineer, and dlrcussing the
the city thousands of dollars, in that ; r“HUMP“ it: general.
lllt‘ Malt“ Wt.” lllt' lOVt‘n $2.50 for each? The street .lepartment budget of the
child enumerated. would be ittlooasi- f‘tith'disirict was then taken up and
ble without the 8500 contingency fund. oprilcd'Tor consideration. Quite a dis.
Dr. (‘oburn then took up a matter cussion arose over the first itenl, call-
of salaries and coal bills. wllich helm for 8900 for the maintenance of
thought could be shifted to sonic‘sleuttl rollers and crushing plants. Mr.
slight decree which would' fix up the Slierron stated to the board that the
entirely. in. (‘oburn stated old roller now ill use, or which was in
humid more cost than had been bar ltecn years old and of practically no
coined for. and for this reason be lit. ue to the city for any purpose.
suggested that $250 which won leftlt‘otmcilnlun Murphy stated that the
over in the treasury from the salaryltlty could purchase a new roller. of
item of lost year, be appropriated low" modern type, for the sum of $5,400,
nrds the coal expense. Mayor Har-titnd 4h“ 3300 would be thrown off of
strorrl killed this plan by statan tlmtithis amount for the turning in of the
such a scheme was impossible. The-fold roller. after it had been fixed up.
money will have to be turned back in-llt was at first decided by the board
to the treasury and an extra appro- to fix up the old roller and turn it in
priatlon for the coal expense will have v ith 83,700 for a new roller. but when
to be made. The school board willlit was learned that it would cost 3260
appear before the council relative lotto put the old machine in shape. it
this matter. lwas voted by the board that $4.500 be
The item of text books and supplies«appropriated for a new roller.
was the neat subject taken till. Md 8350 was allowed for
Dr. (‘oburn was of the opinion that [mince of the automobile, and $260 in
the 35.000 app. Olllltl't‘d bl 1““ bt‘ald surance, was a fixed expense.
. On the matter of maintenance of
expense. The $7,000 asked for in this 3 roads, including crushed stone, 0il,‘
item should, according to Dr. CObumwgravcl. road all and tarvla, quite a dis-
bf‘ aphrollrllilt‘d for ”ll“ "Dense-,cussion took place. Louis Beers was
which is fixed by law. On lllt‘ Slllllt‘t‘i got the opinion that instead of.buildlug
of law. William McMahon remarkedia good road, here and there, that all
to Dr. Coburn that the school boa'rd'iof the fonds within the immediate city
and teachers of the public schools had ‘ limits should be fixed up and put in a
already violated the law .and had even fairly passable condition. Mr. Beers
admitted it. in making students buy suggested that the 330000 asked for
their own text books and supplies. to for the malnten‘auce of roads in tho
uxertain degree. Dr. Coburn took this pmh district be cut to 320.000. and
occasion to straighten out this misun- that the 320,000 called {0,- by the
tierstandlng, stating that all text books
and supplies. bought by the children,
were those wanted especially by them
and which were not a necessity. $7,-
000 would have to be appropriated to
furnish the necessary supplies for the
year.
The cut of $200 front the amount of
then voted to cut the item of $30, 000
to $2 0000. ,.
Maintenance of bridges was cut from
$900 to 8300. Public floats were pass»
ed at $50. $500 was allowed for the
maintenance of culverts and drains
The rent of drinking fountains, listed
in! $675, was passed without question,
as was also $2,100, the salary of the
commissioner. The foremen’s salaries
of {2.184 was a fixed expense, and the
same hold true for the salary of the
clerk. 37910. Office exepnses, including
telephones. stationery. supplies, etc,
was passed at .3300. Traveling ex-
penses were listed and passed at 850.
Salary of transltman, $1,092. was fixed.
Over the item of wages of 'chain.
men” supplies, city map, inspection,
eic., arose teh old- argume’nt in regard
to the clty.map. William McMahon
again asserted himself as being to fit-
vor. once and forever, of having the
l\‘
power, is impossible, according to
Dr. Coburn. $1,400 was asked for for
this item lrl last‘year‘s budget and it
has already been practically cleaned
up. With two new schools ready to
be placed into full operation in the
fall, the doctor could not see how $200
less than last year could take care of
the expenses. The Board'of Estimate,
seeing the practical wisdom of the up.
proprlation asked for. voted at once to
add the extra $200, and bring this item
again to 81,400.
Concerning the item of the fusion-
ing devices, which were listed for 0550,
Dr. Coburn stated that he was not sure
of the success of these contrivancss.
After a discussion on. thontstter, it
ed out at a contract. so that the city
years for a map. Ir. Sharron stated.
!
the mainte
Job estimated by coiltructors, and hir- '
would not have to wait too or at doses
”WY. JUNE 24, 19:
OIOneFloor
For
PORCH CHAIR
PORCH ROCKER
PORCH SUITES
GAS STOVES
mutants-lacuna
V
Io Incontinence.
No Stain To Climb.
STERLINGI
Your Summer Furnishings
PORCH SCREENS, annulus
wmoow SCREENS, an. suns
SCREEN DOORS, ALL SIZESOIL STOVES
Extra Special
9x12 heavy China Matting Rugs a good $7.50 value, Saturday
only $5.95, only one to each person
REFRIGERATORS
In All Sizes to 35
= $4.95
l
. Ostermoor
"Duff— '
no! 315:! "
BABY CARRIAGES
in All the Popular Finishes
IA'ITRESS
From $3.00 to $25.00
$15.50 to $38.00
ExtrafiSpeclal .
Couch hammock 1085.95
A WONDER.
Full value 37. so and certainly an extra bargain at $5 95. The
supply is limited. Would advise an early selection.
OTHER HAMMOCKS FROM .......... .3135 to $18 50
$5.98
I
Ladies’ $10 Coats
.lAOllBY’S
. STERLING FURNITURE CO.
Phone 105
127-129-131 WASHINGTON STREET
'3'? K33”
Let Us Fill Your
Saturday Order
YOU WILL FIND BOTH QUALITY AND LOW
PRICES HERE.
Very Best Creamery Butter (None Better), lb. . 35¢;
Fairbanks' Gold Dust Washing Powder, large pkg. 18¢
-.._... “_..-—
to hat 0 hint.
ter a lengthy argument
l
'thc total 33.000.
The miscellaneous fund of
'was cut exactly in half, $500.
‘sra 1n
750 was cut. $100 was text for
signs.
lfor
Hill. The board upon a motion
Mr. Sherron declared that he
in an unsafe condition.
the Fifth district
Fourth District Items.
Mr McMahon was of
l-ht opinion that another city engineer-l
should do the Job if it was done.
back and
forth principally between Mr. l\fc.\ia.|
lion and Mr Sherron it was voted tat
'knock a thousand dollars from the $4,-
000 asked for for this item, making
All together the cuts in the ordinary
expenses of the Fifth district amount-
l‘ourth be raised ‘0 ‘30- 000 ll Whaled to $12 ,100, out of a total asked of
The extraordinary expenses of the
department in this dl.trict was then
taken up and out of $2,850 asked, 82,-
ln this budget was an item calling
$2 .000 for the improvements need
ied for a new concrete bridge at Red
this item out entirely, pascal the vote.
like to go on record as saying that
that bridge in question was at present
An item for a layout on Newtown
avenue, involving the expense of $150,
was also clipped of! without a dollar.
.Out of- the $47,991 9.8de for in the
fifth district, the department was out
$14, 850, making a total of 833,191 for
life highway department expenses in
The expanses of the most depart
ment in the Fourth district were then
New ‘Pack Spinach (Fresh fron‘s garden flavor), can . 10¢
Fancy Whole Grain Rice (Reg. xoc gush) . . . 3 lbs. 20¢
Fels Naptha, Ozone or Kirkman's Soap 8 for 25¢
Royal Baking Powder .. ..... 12¢ 22¢ and 43¢ can
Shredded Wheat Biscuit. per pkg. ......... ...... .12¢
Astec Corona Pure Italian OliveOil
25¢. 40¢. 75¢. s1.4ocan
All
Fresh Roasted Coffees
$1,000
' Hennessy’s 3 Star Cognac Brandy. hot. .... $1.75
Gordon London Dry Gin,pcr bottle ........... $1.05
Noilly Prat French Vermouth, pulsed.
Mongram Rye Whiskey (Our leak),hot. ' 35¢
Medoc Claret (A fine table wine) . . . . 20¢ and 35¢ bot.
Strawberries, Pineapples, Cantalonpes. Bananas, Oran-
ges, Grape Fniit, Lettuce, Asparagus. Etc. New Potatoes
at cost on Saturday omit-mm “12221;...“
A. F. Beckmann & Co.
Nephew nos.
i
'; New Crop Teas 29¢. 35¢.4o¢.5o¢ar-nd oo¢1bz
SII'GPI
to cut
83 and 85 Washington St.
18¢. 21¢. 28¢. 28¢ anti 31¢ lb.\
- $1.10 -
would
Special Sale of Flour
Gold Medal Flour 88o Bab f
taken up. and the first item. calling
East India Tea: Co.
gated the physical heard and? of 0580 to $50, an amount appropriate for
,muanattnsd bribe. , moaphmgofoolrmaoww
. Ilium-talcum up.”
id by thalamus" physicians, flips pro- tor of telspltonos, which had been cut
luringthsoonrsoofthodiscnssioa,
for 84,250 for the cleaning and swoon
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