LEGAL PROVISIONS 



provision must vary with local conditions. In states where muni- 

 cipalities receive a large part of their school funds from the state, 

 and where their school policies are consequently largely controlled 

 through the state board of education, it seems clear that the 

 enforcement of the law should be placed in the hands of that body. 



The most authoritative formulation of the features which 

 should be included in acts providing for the medical inspection of 

 schools is that embodied in a series of resolutions adopted by the 

 state and provincial boards of health at their annual meeting 

 held in Los Angeles, California, from June 30 to July i, 1911. 

 This body has for some years had a standing committee on medical 

 inspection legislation and has devoted much time to the study of 

 the problem; and each year, for the past three years, has made 

 reports of progress at the annual conference. The resolutions 

 adopted in 1911 are as follows: 



RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE CONFERENCE OF STATE AND PRO- 

 VINCIAL BOARDS OF HEALTH, LOS ANGELES, JUNE 30- 

 JULY I, 191 I 



We endorse legislation providing for the medical inspec- 

 tion of schools, because extended and varied experience has 

 demonstrated that efficient medical inspection betters health 

 conditions among school children, safeguards them from 

 disease, renders them healthier, happier and more vigorous, 

 and aims to insure for each child such physical and mental 

 vitality as will best enable him to take full advantage of the 

 free education offered by the state. 



It is our judgment that every law providing for the med- 

 ical inspection of schools should make provision for frequent in- 

 spections of the children by duly qualified school physicians to 

 detect and exclude cases of contagious disease. 



It should further provide for annual physical examina- 

 tions of all the children by school physicians to detect any 

 physical defects which may prevent the children from receiving 

 the full benefit of their school work or which may require that 

 the work be modified to avoid injury to the child. 



It should empower school physicians to conduct examina- 

 tions of teachers and janitors and to make regular inspections 

 of buildings, premises and drinking water to insure their sani- 

 tary condition. 



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