94 Heredity and Child Culture 



From 11,000,000 tol6,000,000 (50% to 75%) 

 have defective teeth. 



Most of these defects or diseases are either 

 preventable or remediable if discovered early- 

 enough and if the proper treatment is given. 

 When are we going to learn that it is poor 

 economy to neglect the child in school and 

 then care for him during his adult years be- 

 cause of some disability? 



Rural Scliools 



A number of years ago, Dr. Thomas D. Wood 

 of Teachers College, who has had a wide ex- 

 perience along educational lines, gave some in- 

 teresting data as to the condition of children 

 attending rural schools. He found that more 

 than half of the children in the United States 

 are attending these country schools. In a care- 

 fully prepared table, which includes all parts of 

 the country, it is shown that children attending 

 these rural schools are less healthy and are 

 handicapped by more physical defects than are 

 the children of the cities, even including those 

 living in the slums. Dr. Wood finds that more 

 than twice as many country children as city 

 children suffer from mal-nutrition ; the former 

 are also more anemic, have more lung trouble, 



