The Health bulletin [serial] - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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November, 192"! The Health Bulletin 11
losis.
In North Carolina we have been
able to find only six per cent or a little
less. There are many diseases and
things that will produce this underweight,
and likewise there are many
diseases, many more than we once
knew, including criminality, and perhaps
many more than we know now,
produced by malnutrition. All these
children were given a thorough physical
examination, all diseases and defects
found were corrected, and splen-
This turned the trick, and they began
to gain in weight. From February to
the close of school in 1925, the percentage
was reduced to only eighteen.
You will also note that at the beginning
of school in September, 1925, the
percentage had increased to twentyfour
per cent, due no doubt to the interference
with the routine for food
and rest established in school, but at
the end of the school year, June, 1926,
the percentage of undernourished chil-
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Figure 2.
Rest Period— Open Air School, Durham, X. C.
did cooperation by the school authorities,
teachers, parents, and children
was had. The children had the right
kind and quantity of food at proper
intervals, and they slept the allotted
time at night. Many children gained
in weight, alertness, and mental acuity
promptly, and a goodly number failed
to gain. The rest period was then instituted
as you see, except that absolute
quiet was required. Sleep was suggested,
and after a few days nearly
all of them went to sleep promptly.
dren was reduced to four per cent,
which, I should say, is a most satisfactory
result.
The matter of growing strong,
healthy humans is the most important
thing demanding the attention of
America today, and the proper nutrition
of each and every generation is
one among the most important factors
in reaching this much desired eminence,
and one of the important factors
in the proper nutrition of the body is
REST.