The New Spirit . of the Practice Schooland College students. Every student, both of the Practice School and the College properis examined for hookworm, adenoids, defective eyesight, tonsilitis, and other defects. Dental inspection is one of the most important phases of medical in Germany, next in England, and more recently in the United States, dental in-spection has been inaugurated, and school dental clinics established. The Normal Col-lege has a dental clinic that is doing a great deal for the children of the Practice Schooland for the education of the college students in o
The New Spirit . of the Practice Schooland College students. Every student, both of the Practice School and the College properis examined for hookworm, adenoids, defective eyesight, tonsilitis, and other defects. Dental inspection is one of the most important phases of medical in Germany, next in England, and more recently in the United States, dental in-spection has been inaugurated, and school dental clinics established. The Normal Col-lege has a dental clinic that is doing a great deal for the children of the Practice Schooland for the education of the college students in oral hygiene. Aside from the practical benefit to the children who are not normal physically,the medical inspector is of untold value to the teacher and the parent educationallythrough his lectures, his conferences, and his supervision in matters of health and pre-vention of disease. The cooperation of three forces means for a community an awaken-ed civic consciousness, and a clean wholesome life. EVAN E. LONG. 23. ANNIE LONGEST Pontotoc County 8>atttiarg ^>uru?£ anb its HfcrtaUpon tljp (Eommunttjj 1n) ECENTLY the State of Mississippi has been do- ing some wonderful work toward improvingthe health of its people. In addition to the regu-lar tasks of the county health officers, the StateBoard of Health has been sending out men to makecampaigns in almost every part of the State, for thepurpose of delivering lectures, securing data on theexisting conditious of the communities, and examin-ing the children for hookworm, in order to find outas nearly as possible the infected areas. In connection with this work the following statistics were gathered during theyear 1914: White deaths in State, 7,442, making a rate of per 1000 while the num-ber of negro deaths was 14,043 making a rate of Of the easily preventable dis-eases, typhoid lever was responsible for 625 of these deaths, malaria for 1,030 pelle-gra 1,192, (which was an increase of 47 per cent over 1913), tuberculos
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