Total. No. of Schools Reported. No. of Children No. found Defective. 1616 329 527 148 12 165 115 10 114 7 101 34 34 85 9 119 61 Right Eye. Left Eye. Total Defective in Eyes. 88! Both Ears. Right Ear. co Left Ear. Total Defective coco in Ears. 88 321 Eyes and Ears. Eyes and Nose. Eyes and Throat. :.| Nose and Throat. and Throat. Eyes, Ears Ears, Nose and Throat. Eyes, Ears, Nose and Throat. 384 225 5189 1603 31 1085 117 108/1310|63|16|13 92 31 17 105 16 8 1 1 5 BULLETIN OF THE VERMONT STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. Volume VI. No. 3. Issued Quarterly at Brattleboro, Vermont. The Bulletin is published quarterly by the State Board of Health under the authority of Section 5 of Act No. 90, Legislature of 1900. It will be sent to all Boards of Health. A copy will be sent to any person in the state upon request addressed to the Secretary, Henry D. Holton, Brattleboro. NEWS ITEMS. NOTICE. In accordance with a new tariff regulation issued by the American Express Company, there will be a charge of one-half rate on empty water bottles. These charges should be paid by the parties receiving the outfit. Clean Air.-Dr. Prudden says that it is interesting to note from the careful experiments which have been made that ordinary ventilation, however effective it may be in supplying fresh air and in removing contaminated gases, has no noteworthy effect in the removal of dust, either floating or at rest. Experiments also prove that hanging garments out of doors merely, is not to be commended. Unless such articles are brushed, or beaten, or shaken, or unless they flap violently in the wind, bacteria are not removed in great numbers. The writer emphasizes the fact that a large part of so-called disinfection might be replaced to advantage with proper methods of sweeping, dusting and mopping, if all these were not so simple and commonplace, and if everyone could realize the significance of dust in the conveyance of infectious agents. He emphasizes the importance of the use of moist mops on the floor, and of moist dust cloths on the solid furniture. He denounces the employment of the feather duster. The sprinkling of damp sawdust on floors before sweeping is a great aid in getting rid of much dust. He declares that the infectious |