THE DOCTOR AND THE SCHOOL

Evening Star, Issue 14529, 3 December 1910, Page 2

THE DOCTOR AND THE SCHOOL

There aro three points which are frequently overlooked in the cottage child. One is the general cleanliness of the body, which is duo to the insufficiency of bath accommodation, j One of the worst features of the two-roomed | cottage in which the laborer continues to be 1 lodged to this clay is that the toilet arrangements are necessarily cramped. Washing only ton often means smudging the face, or a part i of its area, with a wet (lama'! dipped m a i diminutive hand-basin. The use of the bath 1 ought, to be taught to the. children. In eum- ! mcr, of course, the brook, river, or even ' pond will serve the purpose, but in winter tbo problem is net so easy of solution, although there are many devices which aie both°cheap and effective for introducing this i article of furniture into the cottage. The j next point is the hair, which is very seldom I cleansed as regularly and thoroughly as it ought io be. Neither parents nor children understand that a clean head is not only essential to comfort, tut that diseases of i every kind arise from its neglect. Last of all comes the question of teeth, in regard to ) which cleanliness used to bo ignored alto- ■ "ether. In consequence, the teeth of poor ' children were found, in the majority of cases, j to bo in a frightful condition, and the cause of much needless suffering.—‘ Country Life.’