DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 141 



The following is an itemized list of the number of cases cared for in 

 and the expense of conducting the Detention Hospitals for the year 

 ending June 30, 1917, exclusive of cases in the General Hospital, no 

 reports of which are received : 



Cases No. 



Scarlet Fever 33 



Mumps 10 



Tonsilitis 4 



Diphtheria 2 



Small pox ; 2 



Chicken pox 1 



Nephritis 1 



Kheumatism 1 



Quarantine (No charge) 17 



Total 71 



EXPENSES, 



Dr. Bruegel I 343.50 



Nurses 1,839.8G 



Groceries 715. 7G 



Supplies 308.43 



Total 13,307.55 



Our hospital sj^stem as well as our general method of supervising 

 student health is not satisfactory from the standpoint of system. That 

 we manage to blunder through each year without any great disaster 

 hardly excuses our shortcomings. Our system should have in mind not 

 only the restoration of student health but also its preservation; also we 

 should utilize our system for educational purposes. Each student should 

 become so impressed by our method of handling the student body both 

 in health and in disease that, as a matter of habit or second nature, he 

 applies or tries to apply such methods in his work and in the community 

 where he establishes himself. I am sure that, as an educational institu- 

 tion, we are losing a great opportunity^ to play a big part in the physical 

 redemption of the race. 



Our most urgent needs are: The physical and medical examination 

 of all students at stated intervals, a full time medical adviser, a capable 

 head nurse for our hospitals, and a General Hospital costing from 

 110,000 to 120,000. 



Our success in handling the outbreaks of infectious diseases this year 

 are due in large part to the activities of Dr. Oscar Bruegel. Mr. Penner 

 and Mr. Lutz have assisted greatly. We are all very grateful to you for 

 your assistance and hearty cooi)eration in all the activities of the depart- 

 ment during the year. 



Respectfully yours, 



WARD GILTNER, 

 Professor of Bacteriology and Hygiene. 



East Lansing, Mich., June 30, 1017. 



