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W.1 w'aaaTu MEDICAL INSPECTION' I , i MLL AS PfiVPOS?I) liY THE SOUTH j I .lUViLiAA .titlUl .11. A3W IIAT10X PROVISIONS IN FULL Kfiiiircs K\ii?itinalio!) of Eurj School <hi Id Who Has .Not a 1'crtilicaU* 1'roui Hoard 01 Health or Family l'li j vloiaii. Below v. ill Lc found the ftill bil! known as 1 lie .\1 al Inspection bill vetoed by Governor Blea^e at the last session of tht- Legislature. To provide for a System of .Medical Examination of School Children and Students Attending Public Schools and Colleges within the State. Be it enacted by the General Assem bly of the State of South Carolina: Sect 1. The Board of School Trus tees shall appoint one or more phy sicians to act as official medical ex ami tiers, hereinafter called school I hysicians under the terms of thiv Act, at each and every public schoo. and college within the State, ant shall provide said physicians with al. proper facilities for the performanc* <->f fhoir rliitioe siioh iners: Provided, however, that nothing here in contained shall be construed to re quire or authorize such appointment at any school or college already em ploying a regular physician for its school children or students. Sec.2. Every school physician shall make a prompt examination and diag nosis of aH children or student* r<?-1 ferrod to him as hereinafter provided, i and such further examination of teach J crs, janitors and school buildings as in his opinion the protection of the health o fthe public may require. I Sec. 3. The teachers shall cause to be reported to a school physician for examination and diagnosis every: school child or student retufning to school without a certificate from a board of health, or where no such board exists a physician, after ab c?ni-.o r\n awnnnt nf illnpsc nr from unknown cause;and every school child or student who shows signs of ill health or of suffering from conta gious or infectious disease shall be so mported, unless at once excluded from the school by principal or teacher. Sec. 4. The school physician shall report to the appropriate teacher and the teacher shall notify the parent or guardian of any school child or stu dent who may be suffering with any defect or disease. Whenever a school child or student shows symptoms of smallpox, whooping cough, dipthera, scarlet fever, measles, chicken pox, mumps, influenza or any other conta gious or infectious disease, such sohnnl child or student shall be sent home immediately by the teacher, or as soon as safe and proper convey ance can be found, and the toacher or principal shall at once notify the local i board of health, where one exists: j Provided, however, that nothing in ; Section 4 shall prohibit the proper au- i thorities from sending cases suffering j from the above mentioned diseases to j a hospital connected with an institu- j tion with facilities for the care of such diseases. Sec. 5. The school physician of ev ery school and college shall separate- j ly and carefully examine and test ev- j erv school child or student in the in-; stitution which he serves at least once j every school year, as near the begin- j ning of the session as can be agreed upon by the principal, teacher and i examiner, to ascertain whether such | school child or student is suffering j from defective sight or hearing, tuber-1 culosis, malaria or hookworm disease, | ? *i ?... i or any unier uiaaimu.) ui ucicti icuu ing to prevent the full benefit of | scholastic work requiring a modifica- j tion of such scholastic work in order 1 to prevent injury to the school child I or student and to secure the beat edu- j cationa' results. The examiner shall! notify the teacher in charge of any school child or student suffering from j a defect or disease requiring treat ment, and he shall keep a physicial record of each school child or student in such form as the board of health shall provide. He shall also furnish to the teacher a duplicate record to be kept as a permanent record of the: school. Sec. 6. The State Board of Health shall formulate rules and regulations for the guidance of the said physl-1 cians and the board of trustees shall prescribe a basis of reasonable com pensation for said physicians, which I shall be i.aid in each school district out of the school funds thereof in the same manner as other school expen- i SOS. Sec. 7. All acts and parts of Acts J &/iVJLJ AAA If A your architect's pla and let us figure with house bill. You will be surprised is so complete and vari< yourself on the most p; specifications. Controlling the manu put as we do, from stump planing mills to the finis] mill work and interior fini standard. Complete house bill , "Buy of th Sash, Doors, Blinds, Etc. I - - I I I niirmtJf inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. Sec. 8. This act shall go into effect immediately upon its approval by the Governor. Explanation of Bill The South Carolina Medical Asso ciation, the legally authorized guar dians of ttie public hejlth in South Carolina, desires to urge upon the vot ...o .v.?ir consideration 01 the bill to Provide for a System of Medi cal Examination of School Children and Students Attending Public Sc hools and Colleges Within the State. This is the Senate and House of Representa tives last session, but unfortunate!) was vetoed by the Governor. The first question that one naturally a bill which the Medical Association Have prepared with great care after scrutinizing the Laws Regulating the Examination o Children in Various States of the American Union, as welJ as foreign countries, and we believe that tuking all things into considera tion, is probably the beat bill to uieei be conditions that exist in this State. luWfVer, if any one can suggest a setter bill to meet the same condi .10113, we wish it distinctly understood hat we are not wedded to this panic jlar one. A bill was passed by both .sks in regard to the matter is, wheth er conditions exi9t that warrant the passage of either this, or any other ill . ?.<m the same subject. The condi tiond certainly seem to exist every where elBe, as laws have been passed 11 nearly every civilized State, making iuch examinations compulsory. We know that where these examinations ire being conducted, as Charleston, Jolumbia, Spartanburg, Seneca and other places that from 50 to 70 per ent. of the children examined are found to have more or less senioufc detects. From data collected by the Hook-worm corps which is operating in practically every county in the State, we are convinced that the fig ures already quoted for certain places in the State, very much under-esti niates the conditions that exist in the rural districts. We further believe that the death rale among the chil dren in South Carolina, is unneces sarily hifiji, and we know with the co operation of the Executive and Legis late Departments of the State Gov ernment, we can materially lower the death rate. We are now aware of the fact that we have most of the diseases common to bliu-uupitoi ttiiiiaico..uuu; of these affect the growth and devel opment of children to an alarming degree, especially is this true of Hook worm disease, a most widespread dis ease in our State. An official of the Health Department tells us that fco far this year, there have been treated 2,500 cases among white children in two counties in this State. This doe? not mean that these are.by any means, all of the cases among the white chil dren in these two counties, nor does it meau that this was the only defect found in these children. Ask any teacher of your acquaintance if ther* are not quite a large proportion of tbr children in his or her school who for one or more reasons are not making satisfactory progress. If the answer be true, it will be yes. There is a reas on in each child's case. Such explan ations as sick, absent, lazy, indiffer '.r.f Knnbn,<ii>/1 inottontirp etiiniri uV find a common explanation in physi cal detects. Since the State is committed to tlu education of her children let us gc iurther and see that she commits her self to their preservation and care. Some ot the advantages we claim for ;lie system, we shall briefly outline be low: 1. It saves the lives of many chil dren by early detection of future seri ous maladies, and children suffering from infectious and contagious dis eases, which enables us to isolate them so that other children will not become diseased. 2. In early life these defects are usually not serious and are easily cured, but if left to run their course, they either jeopardize the child's life, or seriously impairs its development. 3. The defects most generally iound are seldom suspected even by he most observant parent or skilled physician, unless the latter examines for them, and they are therefore, like 'a thief in the darkness" striking when one leasts expects danger and ? til . ~ T.U). t rouoiug me umiu 01 us uiucicui ngm to enjoy that period of life, while if the defects are cured, the child will become normal and probably lead a useful life. 4. Some of the defects are of such a nature that the nervous sys tem becomes perverted, and when the child grows up it may be a nervous wreck, or may become addicted to drugs or whiskey. A review of the Juvenile Criminal Courts of Chicago, New York and other great cities, re veals the information, that practically all criminal children are the victims of serious physical defects, and often when such crises are properly treated, such tendencies disappear "nd the chM dren lead useful lives. 5. It is definitely settled that where such examinations are made and the information reTealed is taken advant th, or Mail us and builder's list, 1 you on a complete i and pleased. Our stock ed, you can easily satisfy irfirnlar anrl ??Yjirf-inty b facture of our entire out through our own saw and hed product, we furnish sh that is of the highest ts our specialty. e Maker ' AUGUSTA LUMBER CO. AUGUSTA. GA. iVi n~ rViiTiit" .ftV-. ; * age of, that liquor drinking and simi lar vices rapidly decrease and convic tions for crimes show a marked de cline. 0. Children with physical defects cannot make satisfactory progress in their studies and are therefore, a se rious impediment to a school, inas much as under our system the average progress is considered the normal progress, and with the high percent age of children suffering from defects, the average is necessarily low. 7. School room duties to a child suffering from a physical defect are a bore and often a punishment?the re sult being that such poor progress re sults that the child falls out discour aged, prejudiced i?d an enemy lo th.? school. Such a child toes out intc the world unprepared to meet its exactiu^; duties and is doomed to disappoint ment, bitterness and failure. 8. Medical examination of school children banishes from the school room truants and laggards and makes efficiency the standard. 9. Under this system each individ ual child is the opportunity to ? it+o i:fq ilium- luc ucsi ui iiiiv. 10. As an economic measure, it should appeal to every tax-payer, as .t takes less money to educate healthy children than to attempt the impossi ble and try to educate unsound child ren. The State gets a dollar's worth of education or each dollar it spends. 11. This system gives all of the ad vantages to the children of the pool man, that the money of the rich man can purchase for his children. 12. No injustice is done either the jhild or parent by any simple system that cau make the child healthy and happy. There are some who, for various reasons, oppose the passage of this bill. We wish to state, however, that it is generally because they misunder stood its objects, and we have care fully noted the reasons assigned and present mem ueiu? uu? ?ua? Probably the most frepuent objec tion is, that the time is not ripe foi iuch advanced legislation and the Ru: ral Districts are not prepared tor it The time seems to have arrived in practically every civilized land to ex tend the helping hand to an unfortu nate or suffering child, and we believe, that an the Raral District* are most in need, there being a proportionately greater number of children having de fects there than elsewhere, it is our duty to make whatever efforts we can to relieve their afflictions. Moreover, we are not willing to acknowledge that we believe that the children ot South Carolina are less deserving and should have fewer advantages than children elsewhere. The Rural Dis tricts are prepared to take advantage of every opportunity that is available for the welfare and happiness of its children. The next most frequent objection is, its life, nor has he the right to deny the parents their rights and the family physician his prerogrative. We submit :hat neither position is tenable. No parent has a right to deny his child .ts life, nor has he the right to dney bis child the opportunity to spend a ?seful and happy life. We further sub mit that each parent has a distinct ob ligation to himself, his child and the jcmmunity, and that this obligation .equires that be give his child such >pportunities as well as make him a ;ood citizen and not a drunkard and erhaps a criminal. If a parent would Jeny his child these simple opportuni .ps, then that parent is so obviously lire-lict in his duty, that the State for ts own welfare and protection, should nsist upon saving the child from such i moral pervert. The family physician s usually a high type man, and above <11 unselfish. His daily duties bring ilm in constant contact with suffering ihildren and he, most of all, would [ welcome any system that would free iheir little bodies from pain and would raise up for the State strong men and A-ojnen to solre her serious and per-' dieting problems. Let us presume, however, that hfe. 'the physician) is a selfish man. The bill specifically provides that the ex uniner shall not treat any defect found, nor even report it to the child jr parent, but he shall report it to the teacher, who in turn, re-reports it to the parent, and the parent, alone, determines whether ihe child shall d treated. The third objection urged is that the State has no right to pass tsuch pa ternal legislation. Most states seem to think that they have this right, since most of them have passed similar bills. All states have the right to pass laws for its own protection and for the up-building of its citizens. The fourth objection is one seldom urged, but dangerous because of the base insinuation that is conveyed by those evil minds that suggest it. We refer to the manner and mode of ex amination as conducted by the exam iner. In the first place, the examina tions are invariably conducted in the presence of the teacher and several the child, the examiner asks certain children, no clothing is removed from questions, none of them ever creating the slightest embarrassment, and then tests the hearing and the eyesight, ex amines the skin of the face and the hands, the mucus membranes of the mouth, nose, throat and finally the teeth. ,The efficiency of the examina tion depends largely upon whether the examiner is an acute observer. That is all there is to it. Of course, if Diptheria is suspected, a culture is taken from the throat which dears up the doubt. If the child Appears tuber cular. a verv sininle skin test is made which determines the matter. In conclusion, we trust that for the BHke of progress and enlightenment, that each voter will consider, most carefully this question, and pay child hood that debt that each man owes to it. We hope, that despite the bitter FOR SALE! 132 9-10 Ac?es Land in Dia moDd Hill Township about four iiiles from Antreville, One five-room dwe.U ng, two tenant houses; about 80 a res in cultivation, a good pasture, plenty of water, Two schools within two miles of this place and three churches within three miles. Good orchard, $30 Per Acre. ROBT. S. LINK. The And "W & Hnnnfl f,i t NUNNALLY'S Cj p ?? | HARRIS i GLENN SPRI | BESIDES THE I a AND BEST ST J j Mail Ord I nos3 engendered in political cam paigns, that this question may not bo considered a political question, but me of statesmanship, founded upon -tcod sense as well as mercy, and that we may conclude that even tho' op portunities may have been denied us, hey shall not be denied our children. Let us strive to diive away .suflenng .hkI sorrow from children's paths. Let ' is labor unceasingly in the splendid > aiise of promoting sobriety and righ! I living by building up strong minds in : strong bodies. See to it th>i? you r.'ist ? /our vote for no man that would deny j i'our child any advantages that itie State can offer him. Ask each candi late how he stands. Obesity. Obesity is nearly always the body's j rote of ccnsure for eating too much ; ,'ood, or taking too little exercise, and ( It Is only necessary properly to bal- 1 ince tho Income and expenditure In i wdor to keep n woll-nourlshcd body. 1 ft is important to n<;te that It Is usual- 1 ly around those muscle.-? which are ! rnrely exercised in any adequate man- i nor that fat accumulates, e. g., tho ab- < dominal muscles.?Alexander Bryce, 1 "Life and Health." 1 Home of rhere Ever d Bee TJs ai S3 ARE J3l (USTDY. HARRISC LITHIA WATER. NG-S WATER. \ jARG-EST ??S9?a| I 'OCK OF irs A Special Wail ov the Pessimist. On flip whole, and with recognition ?f size ns a determining factor, the :holcc nppoars to lie between a short ifo and a worry one, or linked dull less long drawn out. If you whirl ibout singing and dancing and im troving each sliinlng minute of the hlning hour, like skylarks and night ngales, you dio of senility at the age if eight. Hut a creature like a tor oiao, that can sit and do nothing for lays on end save wink its eye once, nay watch tije rise and fall of dynas ies, and feel no older at tho end of t.?Exchange. Bones Act as Barometer. The merits of bono as an indicator )f fair or foul weather have been pouched for by th<^ captain of an Ital an steamer carry ins: a cargo of bones 'rom the South American port of Tiiicjios Aires to >"e\v York When the ?iii]i was sailing tour.rd a storm tlie skipper stated, recently, the hones jreaked and moaned, and when fair i weather was ahead they wore silent again. 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It staled the ! queen needed ships for defense and the fishing industry furnished men at all times in readiness for her majesty's Bervice. ' . ~ i'i 1 >?;, I I " .Hi II Ml f m r I I * t t Hgs Telcome Lr Store # ters I t OUNTRY PAINT WATER NTAIN PENS KEPT IN THE '* UP-COUNTRY in Rircinawsa II uiikMiimr-^ * ??- i 5hone 107 J 5. C. i One of the Largest Elephant#. A recent writer In the Field new? paper gives the dimensions of an old Indian elephant, which would scarcely have been much Inferior in size to a mastodon. According to his account the animal measured 11% feet In height at the shoulders, 28 feet 6 Inches from the tip of the trunk to the end of the tail. The distance from the tip of the trunk to one eye wee T feet^ from one ey? to the tall neerif 1S^ feet, and the taH waa fee* in The tusks were 6 feet I fncbee long:?Harper'ft Monthly Magazine. To Make the Boy Orderly. If you want your boy to be orderly provide htm with a place of his own wherein he may keep his baseball im plements, sporting paraphernalia, tools and the thousand and one other ar ticles dear to his boyish heart. The possession of a looker to which he alone carries the key is sure to stir tho pride of every ambitious boy, es pecially if he is allowed to build it Housekeeper.