tion.

Called at Case-Woodland School to examine child with sore
throat.

Took a child home to have mother clean her up.

Called at Harmon School.

Treated 10 cases of impetigo, three of toothache, two of
ringworm.

Took two children home to be cleaned up.

Inspected 50 children.

Gave health talk.

Tried to locate a boy who is to attend partial blind class
at Harmon School.

Found boy was transferred from Harmon School to Marion
School last year.

Called at Marion School but found no trace of boy.

Called at address to which child was supposed to have moved;
no such number.

Called at Kennard School to see if Miss O'Neill remembered
him at Marion School; found no trace of him.

Called at two homes in regard to enlarged tonsils and
defective vision.

1:15 P. M.

Mayflower School: boy with sprained ankle, soaked in hot
water, strapped with adhesive.

Treated four cases of impetigo, one cut finger, opened two
boils.

Conference with mother at school.

Instructed her in case of child's discharging ear.

Inspected 62 children.

Called at two homes to secure treatment for defective teeth.

Advised mother to send children to Marion Dental Clinic.

To sum up the case for the school nurse: She is the teacher of the
parents, the pupils, the teachers, and the family in applied practical
hygiene. Her work prevents loss of time on the part of the pupils and
vastly reduces the number of exclusions for contagious diseases. She
cures minor ailments in the school and clinic and furnishes efficient
aid in emergencies. She gives practical demonstrations in the home of
required treatments, often discovering there the source of the
trouble, which, if undiscovered, would render useless the work of the
medical inspector in the school. The school nurse is the most
efficient possible link between the school and the home. Her work is
immensely important in its direct results and far-reaching in its
indirect influences. Among foreign populations she is a very potent
force for Americanization.

CLEVELAND'S DISPENSARIES

Cleveland has 86 school dispensaries, or what are usually termed
"physicians' offices." These are rooms about 20 feet long by 15
feet wide, located in the basement or on the first floor of the school
building, well lighted, and painted in wh