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pared with 156 in 1938. Three deaths from scarlet fever in 1938 were cut, to a flat zero in 1953. —Fifteen years ago, the summary shows, school child deaths from all causes reached 1,333, compared with 664 deaths last year. And, enrollment in 1938.
“Typhoid fever is an excellent example of what can be accomplished by simply cleaning up fly breeding areas, improving sewage and garbage disposal, and by improving water and milk supplies,” Dr. Shanholtz said. Typhoid caused the death of 21 school children in 1938. This disease did not claim a single life last year.
The figures concerning accidental deaths aren’t as bright as these on disease-producing fatalities. Accidents accounted for only 21.8 per cent of all school age deaths in 1938, compared with 44.6 per cent in 1953.
Accident prevention programs probably represent the most urgent field for student health education, Dr. Shanholtz believes.
STUDY IS CONDUCTED
•AMONG H. D. CLUBS —A study is being made in all the counties in Virginia among the members of the home demonstration clubs. The purpose of this study is to obtain some facts that will help in planning the club programs. The study will show how many homemakers enrolled in home demonstration clubs in
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