LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Photographs illustrating work in the New York schools are repro- 

 duced by permission of the New York Child Welfare Committee. Those 

 referring to Orange, N. J., Rochester, N. Y., and Toledo, O., are used by 

 permission of the chief medical inspectors and school authorities of those 

 cities. Grateful acknowledgment is made of their courtesy. 



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In the school of the future compulsory education will involve 

 compulsory health Frontispiece 



Mouth breathing means adenoids; adenoids mean deadened 

 intellects 4 



A throat culture in time may save nine weeks of diphtheria . 1 2 

 Vaccination inspection in New York City 21 



Case of chicken-pox discovered in a class room in New York 



City . . 27 



Case of mumps discovered in a class room in New York City . 27 



No exclusion for ringworm when cases are treated by the nurse 

 at school 30 



First aid for small ailments in Toledo, Ohio .... 30 



Listening for trouble. Testing heart and lungs in New York 

 City 36 



Strong boys must have straight backs 41 



Looking for obstructed nasal breathing in a New York City 

 school 41 



Vision tests by physician and nurse in Orange, N. J. . . 46 



Testing the hearing of five boys at one time in a New York 

 City school. Not so good as one at a time, but sometimes 

 necessary 53 



School nurse in action; first aid demonstration in Orange, 



N.J .63 



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