Fairmount High School - Black and Gold Yearbook (Fairmount, IN)

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I 1 I Y I - .' , . lxfx ' - Q 3 .,QT'.i+'.?' 51 ' ?:j1ig1 li, 'W' rl-v - r 1 r 0 EF 1 :T '57 ' I iltyigsy-g1eQ..ifg 1 .. i as el :. in uuunnslfiilmss 1 ll 4 l' 'u5'3'iA'T' 1 E fnllllo s E E : E E MEDICAL DEPARTMENT E E CL. D. Holliday, Schc-ol Physicianj E E The health department of the public school system is fast becoming an important E E factor in the eiiiciency of the general program of the school work. First, anyone will E- E admit that a sick child breaks down the chain of action necessary to promote the best E E results that are to be obtained by a complete and normal functioning of the system. E E Second, a sick child affects the entire system, for the reason that he at once becomes E E, a liability not only as a unit out of tune with the general program, but as a menace E E to the entire school body, especially if this illness or subnormaal condition is due to E E contagious disease, to say nothing of the possible loss of life, which may indirectly E E or directly result. Now with these points established one may easily feel that the E E position of the health department is important, that is when it can function properly. E E This as well as all things that pertain to the best interests of the entire system E E costs money and if the sufficient funds are not at hand one cannot expect this to '5 3 function properly. It is necessary to provide enough money for this purpose if we E E are to expect the best results, The proper health department of any institution would E E be one which consisted of a body of men or women composed of members of the E E ofiicial board and as many others as were needed, headed by the school physician. E 5 All questions of policy and matters of emergency should be acted upon by this body. 2 E The rules and regulations of our department are made with the idea of obtaining E E the best results for the student body and not for the convenience of any one person 5 E or group of persons. There have been a few that have taken the position that they E E are of no value and merely made to creat trouble. We would feel vain if such were E E not the case, for if we did not receive complaints, we would not know that the sys- E E- tem was working. As a matter of fact the public as a whole has been very fair and -E E the department Wants to express its appreciation. E E Not so long ago it was a common thing to have the schools closed for a period E E of from two to six weeks for the reason that disease not under control was making E E inroads upon the student body and causing the death of from six to twelve children E E a year, to say nothing about the loss of time of the teaching force, the broken chain E E of the system and the reputation obtained by our fair city. This is largely a thing of E E the past and I wish to state that this is due to the fine spirit shown by everyone con- E E cerned, the public, the physicians, the school, the teaching force and the town board. E E Aside from other things, the most deiinite thing accomplished last year was the E E giving of the Schick test and the Toxin-Anti-Toxin. While two known cases of Diph- E E theria have developed in children that have had the Toxin-Anti-Toxin, this was, no E E doubt, due to the fact that in fifteen per cent of cases it has been found that the three E E doses of the Toxin-Anti-Toxin are not suflicient to produce immunity. Therefore, all E E should have taken the Schicks test at a later date to determine this point. The reason E E it was not done, was lack of funds. We are ve1'y sorry this thing occurred, but it in E E no way lessens the value of the process. As anyone will have to admit by actual E 3 record, we have had less of the disease among school children this year than ever E E before. E 1 Z E This department wishes to thank each and everyone who has made it possible E E for the Fairmount High School to have a health department and to state that this E E department as all other parts of this fine school system has at all times the interest E E. of the student body at heart. It stands ready to receive any suggestions for its bet- E E terment at any time from anyone. We trust in the future that we will at all times E 2 be able to render efiicient service at all times. E T 2 3 2 'll I ----' llll --ni r vc- 'v 9 .E ' E'f 1 - ' f - .W --- ' -- I ii..::s!g,7qn...:::!Hieielitiii elfsanweli Qyglglmgu g.'e.?Esllzs2fMS.i:.unllumesaeemnulu151 Page Twelve