The School Child 93 



Apparent stupidity or bad mentality in 

 school children is often the result of physical 

 causes that can and should be removed. Dr. 

 Josephine Baker in writing on child health 

 quotes the following: 



The New York State Department of Health 

 has published the following figures giving the 

 estimated defects in the 22,000,000 children 

 of the United States: 



_ At least 200,000 (1%) are mentally defec- 

 tive * 



At least 250,000 (over 1%) are aifected 

 wdth organic heart disease ; 



At least 1,000,000 (5%) have now or have 

 had tuberculosis; 



At least 1,000,000, (5%) are unable to hear 

 properly and because this condition is unrec- 

 ognized many of these children have the 

 undeserved reputation of being mentally de- 

 fective ; 



At least 5,000,000 (25%) have defective 

 eyes; 



At least one out of every 5 of these children 

 is undernourished; 



From 3,000,000 to 5,000,000 (15% to 25%) 

 have adenoids, diseased tonsils or other glan- 

 dular defects; 



From 2,000,000 to 4,000,000 (10% to 20%) 

 have weak foot arches, weak spines or other 

 joint defects ; and 



