TY  - JOUR
T1  - SChool hygiene
AU  - Baker LK
Y1  - 1909/05/15
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1909.02540460044014
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 1596
EP  - 1597
VL  - LII
IS  - 20
N2  - To the Editor: 
    —Dr. Gulick's article in The Journal, Jan. 10, 1909, recalls to my mind many of my experiences in Cleveland during the nine years, 1895 to 1904, when, under one title or another, I served the superintendent of instruction in the purely advisory position of supervisor of school hygiene. Examination of the school records would show some betterment in sanitary conditions in the Cleveland schools. The best results were attained after the appointment by the board, out of its membership, of a committee on school hygiene. Later, through the intervention of powerful enemies this movement received a setback, and for five years Cleveland has had no department of school hygiene.Thirty-three states have legislated on different aspects of school hygiene and all these enactments together form an array of sanitary legislation. Six years ago I secured the introduction into the Ohio State Legislature of a bill regulating the
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1909.02540460044014
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.02540460044014
ER  -