. The welfare of the school child. •7 S The Welfareof the School Child BY JOSEPH GATES State Medicine, , Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer, St. Helens ; formeriyDemonstrator of Public Health at Kings College, University of Loodi>n With Six Half-tone Plates NEW YORKFUNK AND WAGNALLS COMPANY V^r.^ mat PnblisheiSEP a iS2Q PREFACE In these pages an attempt has been made to showthe importance of healthy environment for the wel-fare of the school child. Attention is directed invarious sections of the book to the need for com-prehensive and complete Pub


. The welfare of the school child. •7 S The Welfareof the School Child BY JOSEPH GATES State Medicine, , Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer, St. Helens ; formeriyDemonstrator of Public Health at Kings College, University of Loodi>n With Six Half-tone Plates NEW YORKFUNK AND WAGNALLS COMPANY V^r.^ mat PnblisheiSEP a iS2Q PREFACE In these pages an attempt has been made to showthe importance of healthy environment for the wel-fare of the school child. Attention is directed invarious sections of the book to the need for com-prehensive and complete Public Health adminis-tration. The School Medical Service in the earlystages of its growth was largely occupied in thedetection and treatment of defects. The time hasnow come to attack the beginnings of disease andthe causes of illness. Under the direction of theMinistry of Health all the forces of PreventiveMedicine must be marshalled for the fray. In preparing the book, use has been made ofthe publications of Government Departmenwelfareofschoolc00cate


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