SIXTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, June 5, I9SS
City School's Health
Programs Have Object
Of Aiding Children
Roosevelt and Washington
elementary schools won health
program contests sponsored- re
cently by the Medford city school
system, Miss Olive Curry, school
nurse, has announced.
Roosevelt school won the
Health Honor Roll contest with
86.2 per cent of 766 pupils, or
660, on the roll. Washington,
with a score of 99.4, won the
morning health inspection con
test. The contests are believed to
be valuable for several reasons,
Miss Curry said. '
Value Listed
The Health Honor Roll contest
helps stimulate interest of pupils
and parents in correction of cor-
Police Clear 91
Per Cent of May's,
Reported Offenses
Medford police last month
cleared 91 per cent of 574 major
and miscellaneous offenses re
ported.
Of the 521 cases cleared, 20
were major offenses out of a
total of 51 last month. The total
compares with May, 1954, when
85 per cent of 331 major and
miscellaneous offenses were
cleared, and with May, 1953,
when 87 per cent of 264 cases
were closed.
Last month, Medford police
closed 5ne robbery case, four of
eight burglary cases, and four of
five reported automobile thefts
reported.
The 51 major offenses last
month compares with 37 in May,
1954, and 33 in May, 1953.
Miscellaneous offenses report
ed last month totaled 523, 349
of which were traffic and motor
vehicle law offenses, not includ
ing 66 violations of road and
driving laws and 12 cases of
driving while intoxicated.
Police investigated 25 motor
vehicle traffic accidents in
which six persons were injured,
provided 826 miscellaneous serv
ices, and issued 3,098 parking
meter tickets. Traffic violation
citations totaled 427.
Patterson Suggests
Beef on Father's Day
Salem Governor Paul Pat
terson has designated that beef
"shall be the traditional meat
served on Father's day" in Ore
gon.; Father's day is June 19.
The governor's proclamation
was issued in cooperation with
the Oregon Cow Belle associa
tion. The association has set up
a state committee to publicize
the program.
In the town of Icod in the
Canary Islands off northwest Af
rica stands the largest dragon
tree in the world, reputedly
3,000 years old. It is nearly 50
feet in circumference at the base
of the trunk.
rectible defects, supplies useful
information to teachers concern
ing the student's physical condi
tion, and is useful in checking
results of the health program.
To be eligible for the honor
roll and a health button, a pupil
must be free from known cor
rective physical defects on
Health Day, which each school
celebrates with athletic events
and refreshments.
The morning health Inspection
program assists pupils in form
ing cleanliness habits and in
discovering communicable
diseases.
Up From Last Year
Roosevelt school's 86.2 in hon
or roll participation compares
with May, 1954, when 81.14 per
cent of 615 pupils, or 499, were
on the honor roll.
Washington school In May,
1954, had a score of 99.31 in 'the
morning health inspection pro
gram.
Other honor roll scores for !
May, 1955, included Jackson i
77.6 per cent of 558, or 412 pu
pils; Lincoln, 67.9 per cent of
339, or 250 pupils; and Washing
ton, 81.6 per cent of 783, or 639
pupils. The total for all schools
was 77.3 per cent of 2,444 pupils,
or 1,761 on the honor roll.
In addition to Washington,
other morning health inspection
scores were Jackson, 98.8; Lin
coln, 99.1: and Roosevelt, 99.3.
All Are Examined
Besides contests to develop
interest in the health program,
the health service examines all !
pupils in Medford public schools
when classes start each fall. No
tices indicating physical condi
tions which should receive at
tention are sent to parents. Vi
sion and hearing tests conducted
at regular intervals reyeal de
fects, which also are referred to
parents.
The pupil, if found to have
defective vision or hearing, is
seated in the room so he may
hear and see to the best advan
tage.
The program objective is to
determine the health status of I
each pupil, because his ability to
learn and regular attendance are
closely related to his health.
Last fall, 4,105 pupils in Med
ford schools were examined by
a physician, while 2,434 elemen
tary school children took hear
ing tests. Some 184 boys and
girls in the sophomore class
were given tuberculin skin tests
last fall.
Exams in Mar
Children who expect to start
school for the first time in the
fall are given an opportunity to
have physical examinations the
preceeding May, and some 309
children expected to start first
grade, in September received
examinations last month.
Those prospective pupils who
are found to have correctible de
fects have the opportunity to
consult family physicians for
corrective measures before
school starts.
Of the number of children
who took the pre-school exami
nations, 292 had vaccinations for
smallpox, 61 had initial shots for
prevention of diphtheria, and
232 had booster shots.
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