AILING SCHOLARS.
A lecture was given by Dr. F. Dawson -Dbdd;fat:'. Hall,'" London, to. .. the members of, the: New;., Era . Sociological,. SoHo.dealt with the place of-the doitor in - modern: • education,, and'. gave istiiking. fig. Commis-, sion on Physical; Training -in Scotland. In Edinburgh ,it was:: shown; that.. 1 there were' 700, in .-'Aberdeen'-: 458;: cases of unrecognised Mhsumptign' in -(children. attending' the .elementary schools. . . "In, Edinburgh," he declared,'/''about 1300' children are at the-pre-sent'time'daily'attending' the.schools' suffering:'', from' dangerous' 'heart 'disease,;: in ;• Aberdeen' /about 250. . In.. Edinburgh - about-12,000 ohildren- out; of 30,000 'are suffering. from', eaf disease';' about -15;000 from -.disease of> the 1 throat'.'. In Aberdeen!the figures are. 2250 and 75Q0.'' :About 10,500 ailing 'children) 1 -,'accord-. iii(j to this report,., wero from day to day being forced ■ invEdinburgh ■ to attend school; about :;5700'in Aberdeen. :He welcomed the coming 'of: the doctor into,' the -school be-cause-that-was- one : step towards , the ' nationalisation of the medical- profession. ' For the,.proper /inspection, of school : children 500 doctors would be' wanted, ho calculated, in the. schools of London, and 3500 in the country; : and thero would also be required about'' 10,000 nurses.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 395, 2 January 1909, Page 3
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186AILING SCHOLARS. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 395, 2 January 1909, Page 3
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