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Foreword 5
List of Illustrations and Diagrams 9
The Argument for Medical Inspection 11
Health and School Progress 13
Examinations for Physical Defects 14
Objections to Medical Inspection 16
How the Work Started 18
The Present System 20
The School Nurse 21
Cleveland's Dispensaries 24
Dental Clinics 28
Eye Clinics 30
Co-operation of College for Barbers 32
The Medical Inspection Staff 32
The Plan of Concentrating Interests 34
Uniform Procedure 37
Vaccination 39
Future Development 43
Ten Types of Health Work 46
Health and Education and Business 48
Summary 54

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Team work between physician and nurse in Cleveland. _Frontispiece_
Tony's tonsils need attention 17
Either doctor or nurse visits every school every day 20
Cleveland's dispensaries are well equipped 25
The equipment of the Marion School dental clinic cost about $700 28
The eye clinic is advertised by its loving friends 31
Vaccinated children at Hodge School--50,000 more are
unvaccinated 39
Shower baths installed in an old building in a crowded section 44

DIAGRAMS

Number of children given physical examinati