the surroundings of the body, the marks and discolorations of the body, the size of the various organs and their condition, whether normal or abnormal, should be included, together with any other information which may furnish a clue to the cause of death.

4. A clear and complete description of the sickness and death of each human being or domestic animal should be kept and a copy sent along with the materials for examination. Such things as the condition of the fæces; whether there was a great desire for water; whether there were spasms before, or at the time of death, or any other noticeable symptom, should be included in this description.

5. The examination of such organs and other materials is made free of charge under the conditions indicated in Section 4, Act Number 90 of the Legislature of 1900, which is as follows:

SECTION 4. The use of the laboratory, and all investigations mentioned in this Act therein made, shall be free to the people of this State. And whenever the state's attorney of any county, on the order of a judge of the supreme court, shall request for use in any criminal case pending in his office, an expert investigation, chemical or pathological, of any substance, such investigation shall be made at the laboratory forthwith, without charge to the state, and the expert making such investigation shall submit the results of his work to the state's attorney at whose request it is done and shall attend court as a witness at any place in the state when required to do so by subpoena and submit in court the results of his investigations, and shall be paid as such witness his actual expenses of attendance when summoned by the state.

6. For more complete directions for medico-legal autopsy, see the article by M. J. Wiltse, M. D., in Bulletin No. 3, Vol. IV., of the quarterly issued by the Vermont State Board of Health. A copy of this bulletin will be sent upon application.

LABORATORY OF HYGIENE,

196 Main Street, Burlington, Vt.

UNIV. OF MICH.

MAY 121908

Bulletin No. 4, Volume VI.

Issued Quarterly by

Vermont State Board of Health,

June 1, 1906.

Entered October 21, 1901, as second-class matter, Post Office at Brattleboro, Vt., under act of Congress of July 16, 1894.

CONTENTS:

School Hygiene.

Some Remarks on Our “Cold Weather Diseases," by Charles S. Caverly, M. D. The Control of Transmissible Diseases, by A. C. Abbott, M. D., Chief of the Bureau of Health, Philadelphia.

Report Made to the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service.

Milk.

Fifty Dairy Rules.

List of Local Health Officers in the State of Vermont.

News Items.

School of Instruction for Health Officers.

BRATTLEBORO, VT.

[The following from the British Medical Journal is of interest to educators as showing the attention being given to School Hygiene in England.]

SCHOOL HYGIENE.

SURREY.

REPORT OF THE EDUCATION MEDICAL OFFICER.

The report of the Surrey Education Committee contains in an appendix the report of the education medical officer, Dr. T. Henry Jones, upon medical supervision of elementary schools. As Surrey is one of the few counties which has appointed an education medical officer, we give the report in full as being of practical interest.

PRELIMINARY REPORT UPON THE MEDICAL SUPERVISION OF SCHOOLS.

During the three months that have elapsed since I took office I have visited a number of schools in the various districts of the county, and have endeav ored in this way, and by conference with school managers and clerks, the superintendents of school attendance, and others interested in the work, to make myself acquainted with the local circumstances to be considered in dealing with the subject as a whole.

The objects that must be aimed at have already been enumerated in the interim report of the Special Committee upon medical inspection. They may be classified for convenience thus:

I. Medical inspection of school children.

1. To prevent the spread of communicable diseases.

2. Examination and certification of children absent from school on the ground of illness.

3. Examination of children unfit for ordinary school work or for physical training.

4. Examination and certification of blind, deaf, dumb, defective, and epileptic children.

5. To ensure that healthy children shall not be injured by the school

course.

6. Routine periodical examination of all children for: (a) Registration of weight, measurement, and development; (b) discovery of unsuspected physical defects for report to parents.