MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS 



File boxes and index for filing physical examination cards 

 Absorbent cotton, bandages, alcohol, bichloride tablets, tincture 



of green soap, quart jar with screw top for bandages and 



dressings 

 Full list of printed forms used by inspectors 



FOR SCHOOL NURSES 

 The following is a list of supplies used by nurses in schools : 



Absorbent cotton, J^ Ib. pkg. Lysol 



Adhesive plaster, 2 in. by 10 yds. Sulphur ointment 



Alcohol, grain, 95 per cent Sweet oil 



Bandages, i in. by 10 yds., Linton Stearate of zinc (powder, in boxes) 



gauze White precipitate 



Bandages, 2 in. by 10 yds., Linton Zinc ointment 



gauze Bottles, 4 oz., with corks 



Plain gauze, i yd. long, i yd. wide Ciliary forceps No. 1,628 



Argyrol, 5 per cent Clinical thermometers 



Bichloride tablets, 7^ gr. Ointment jars, 4 oz. 



Flexible collodion Tooth picks 



Iodine, tincture Full list of printed forms used 



SUMMARY. In summing up the problems of administration 

 which relate to expense it can only be said that in this, as in all 

 other branches of organized endeavor, cost varies with the extent 

 and kind of work done. Examinations by teachers for the dis- 

 covery of defects of vision and hearing involve only the added 

 expense of the simple printed material required. Inspection by 

 physicians for the detection of contagious diseases is inexpensive 

 and of great value in its results. 



Systems of medical inspection which include careful physical 

 examinations of all children cost the most and are by far the most 

 valuable. From a social and economic point of view they are by 

 far the cheapest in the better sense of the word, as they are the 

 most far-reaching both in their immediate and in their indirect 

 results. 



If, however, a system of medical inspection is to be efficient 

 and effective for any considerable length of time, it is clear that 

 adequate salaries must be paid to those in charge of the work. 



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