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

ISeptember, 1951 The Health Bulletin 7agencies and other organizations have of operation of the "Joint School Healthassisted in these programs. Moreover, Program" made possible by the approthefollow-up program by school and priation of the 1949 General Assembly,health department personnel have re- The 1951 General Assembly approprisultedin getting parents, who could ated the same amount for school healthpay, to seek and pay for medical serv- as the 1949 General Assembly,ices for their children. With two years of experience inThe achievements in improving the planning the expenditure of schoolhealth of school children in North Caro- health funds and of cooperatively carrylinaduring the past two years can bej^g out of those phases of the programattributed to the cooperation of: school^^^^ related to these funds as well aspersonnel including teachers, principals,^.j^^gg related to it, the parents cansupervisors, health educators, andj-jg^tfuily expect a high level of healthsuperintendents; health departmentf^j. their children in the future,personnel including nurses, health edu- ^ . , ^ v. ^.v,cators, sanitarians and health officers:The unofficial figures showmg theitems of expenditure of State Board ofprivate physicians and dentists; welfareofficers; volunteer agencies and other Education school health funds for thecommunity organizations. period July 1, 1950 to June 30, 1951 isJune 30, 1951 ended the second year as follows:Salaries: Health Educators $ 30,632.97Nurses 88,043.12Physicians 5,973,25Audiometer Technicians and Dentists 9,274.12Travel: Health Educators 4,312.87Nurses 14,348.00Physicians 185.11Audiometer Technicians and Dentists 1.875.39Clinic Fees for Medical Examinations 28,592.43Correction of Defects 304,563.17SuppUes 22,201.43Equipment 16,339.41In-Service Training 2,316.00$528,657.27IMENTAL HYGIENE IN THE SCHOOLSBy R. M. Fink, Ph.D.Consultant in Mental HygieneNorth Carolina School Health Coordinating ServiceRaleigh, North CarolinaEach year in North Carolina about25,000 teachers influence the lives ofabout 900,000 children. If the future islike the past about 36,000 of these childrenwill eventually enter a mental hospital,and about 81,000 more will havetheir lives seriously upset by personalitydisorders.Four years ago the North CarolinaSchool Health Coordinating Service initiateda small program aimed at theimprovement of the mental health ofschool chfldren, with the hope that thisprogram would also contribute to theprevention of mental illness. The 25,000teachers and school administrators of