INDEX 



NORTH DAKOTA: abstract of medical OAKLAND, California: consultations 



inspection law in, 169 



NORWAY: dental conditions among 

 school children in, 115; medical 

 inspection in, 1 1 



NOSE, DEFECTS OF: among exempt and 

 non-exempt children, 153; im- 

 portance among school children, 

 35 ; number of children having, in 

 different cities, 38; one of four 

 commonest classes of defects, 37, 

 39; treated in Pasadena, 94. See 

 also Breathing; Adenoids 



NOSE TROUBLES: health pamphlet on, 

 80 



NOTICE of results of vision and hearing 

 tests used in Massachusetts, 50 



NOTIFICATION TO PARENTS: form used 

 for, 73; not always sufficient to se- 

 cure action, 72, 88 



NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, England: treat- 

 ments in, 99 



NURSES, SCHOOL: and school clinics, 87; 

 average per capita cost for medical 

 inspection in cities employing, 103; 

 cannot meet situation alone, 86; 

 duties of, 64, 71; effectiveness of 

 work of, 34, 65-67; employment of, 

 advised by English board of edu- 

 cation, 177; equipment for, 112; 

 follow up visits to secure action, 76; 

 in Germany, 10; in London, u; 

 in United States, by groups of 

 states, 18, 20; in United States, 

 number employed, 63; instruc- 

 tions in mouth hygiene given by, 

 in New York, 91; proportion of 

 children to, 68; provision for, in 

 new laws, 172; qualifications of, 

 64; record results of examination, 

 43; rules for, in Newark, N. J., 68; 

 salaries, 70, 71, 102-108; under 

 school supervision, 146; work of, 

 in contagious disease cases, 30; 

 value of, unquestioned, 62 



NURSING, SCHOOL: history of, 62 



NUTRITION, DEFECTIVE: looked for in 

 medical inspection, 37; treated in 

 Pasadena, 94. See also Malnu- 

 trition 



with director of health develop- 

 ment in, 77, 79; number of pupils 

 examined in, 1910-11, 41, 42; 

 results of physical examinations 

 in, 38; treatments of defective 

 children in, 96 



OCULIST, SCHOOL: early work of, in 

 Belgium, u 



OHIO: abstract of medical inspection 

 law of, 170 



ONTARIO: medical inspection in, 12 



OPEN-AIR SCHOOLS: establishment of, 

 desirable, 98; in Germany, 10 



OPERATIVE TREATMENTS: in Newark, 

 93; in New York, 92, 96. See 

 also Treatments; Defects 



ORTHOPEDIC DEFECTS: among exempt 

 and non-exempt children in Phila- 

 delphia, 153; among school chil- 

 dren in New York, 40; treated in 

 New York, 92 



OSLER, WILLIAM: quoted, viii, 103, 114 



OVER- AGE CHILDREN: defects among, 

 compared with those among nor- 

 mal, 154. See Retardation 



PALATES, DEFECTIVE: among school 

 children in New York, 40; treated 

 in New York, 92 



PALATES, DEFORMED : treated in Harris- 

 burg, 94 



PARASITIC DISEASES: detection and 

 exclusion of, 21 



PARENTS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN: com- 

 pulsory action against, 83-86; 

 English medical inspection act 

 has no provision for compulsory 

 action against, 177; imprisoned 

 and fined in England, 86; instruc- 

 tion by printed bulletins, 80; left 

 with larger responsibility by medi- 

 cal inspection, 5 ; means of securing 

 co-operation of, 72-79, 177; new 

 laws should provide for notification 

 of, 172; notified in Paris, 8; noti- 

 fied in Wiesbaden, 9; payments by, 

 for dental treatment, in Germany, 

 117, 118; poverty of, creates prob- 



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