The School Hygiene department has examined 1,200 pupils in 20 schools in Hangechow and 2,000 in 17 mission schools in Soochow.
The general programme of the department consists of the following items: (1) physical and medica] examination of school children; (2) correction of defects and treatment of diseases; (3) systematic health teaching; (4) supervised play; (5) sanitation; (6) constant medical supervision.
The Child Hygiene Department concentrates its efforts upon the establishment of health centres. {t has organized such work at Changsha, Hongkong, Foochow, Soochow and' a beginning has been made at Nantao Christian Institute. The general office has ce-operated with employers in vaccinating entire native staffs, and also has a smallpox poster and circular showing the need for vaccination. Enployers, and indeed every housekeeper, will welcome the Council's aid in making simple rules of hygiene available to uneducated labourers through pictures and charts.
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