A Physician Watches Children

A physician watches children in the Philip Bach School every morning to see that none of them are ill - a precaution taken by the Board of Education

Dr. Elliott Herdman, city physician, visits the second ward school every morning by direction of the board of education for the purpose of examining into the health of the pupils and of preventing any cases of scarlet fever or measles running in the school. He is not to wait for the disease to break out but is to send home all children who are not feeling well. Two children were found Friday who had a fever and were sent home. It was not thought that they had scarlet fever but only that they were not well enough to be in attendance on school. 

This daily examination of the children for a special purpose suggests a new employment for physicians which may some day come into general use. Much good could be done by having frequent physical examination by physicians of children in all schools. 

In this particular school the examination of the children was caused by the scarlet fever and measles scare existing in the second ward, which caused some demand for closing the school. The authorities seem to think that the children are safer in the schools, proper precautions being taken, than they would be playing around on the streets.