TABLE OF CONTENTS 



PAGE 



PREFACE v 



SIGNIFICANT FACTS vii 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xiii 



LIST OF TABLES xv 



LIST OF FORMS xix 



CHAPTER 



I. The Argument for Medical Inspection i 



II. History and Present Status 7 



III. Inspection for the Detection of Contagious Diseases . 2 1 



IV. Physical Examinations 35 



V. The School Nurse .62 



VI. Making Medical Inspection Effective .... 72 

 VII. Results . . . 89 



VIII. Per Capita Costs and Salaries 101 



IX. Dental Inspection 114 



X. Controlling Authorities in American Municipalities . 143 



XI. Physical Defects and School Progress . . . .152 



XII. Legal Provisions .164 



APPENDICES 



I. Suggestions to Teachers and School Physicians Regard- 

 ing Medical Inspection 183 



II. Annual Report for 1910 of the Chief Medical Officer 



of the British Board of Education . . . .197 



BIBLIOGRAPHY . 203 



INDEX . . 209 



XI 



