English: Caption: "Washington County Public School Athletic Meet—Track and Field Championships."
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Title: Department of Public Education State of Maryland. Forty-Ninth Annual Report Showing Condition of the Public Schools of Maryland for the Year Ending July 31st, 1915.
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Department of Public Education. State of Maryland.
Subjects: Maryland. Public Schools Maryland -- Education.
Publisher: Printed by King Bros., State Printers
Contributing Library: University of Maryland, College Park
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d: Heart disease 10 Hernia 11 Hydrocele 2 Acute Synovitis 1 (2%) - 27 The parents of the boys who were in need of medical, surgical ordental attention were notified of the fact by letter and general advicewas given as to the best methods of treatment. Return cards wereenclosed to be mailed to this office telling what had been done in eachcase. Where no response was received a second follow-up letterwas sent. On many occasions parents and adults present at theexamination expressed their hearty approval of the procedure ofhaving a physician see that the competitors were in good physicalcondition before being allowed to run the race. Almost every heart, hernia, hydrocele, undescended testis, the mostserious defects, were unknown to the boy or parent until discoveredby this department. The response to treatment has been very encouraging, consideringthe fact that no actual attempt except by letter was made. In 04individual cases, 15 boys (15.95%) are already reported as havingbeen treated.
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Annual Report of the State Board of Education 161 Surgical. Operative. Hydrocele 1 Circumcision 3 Tonsile and Adenoids or both removed 3 Non-operative. Suspensories 3 Medical. Heart, hemic (anemia) 2 Heart, valvular disease 3 Dental. Teeth cleaned and filled 1 16 Total individuals (15.95%) 15 Respectfully submitted, ALFRED W. BROWN, M. D., Medical Supervisor, Public Athletic League. 162 Annual Report of the State Board op Education AGRICULTURE IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS.J. E. Metzger, Supervisor. Probably the most striking evidence of the increasing interest insecondary agricultural education in this State, is the large numberof schools that have provided for these courses during the past fewyears, and certainly no high school movement has aroused greaterinterest than the introduction of agricultural instruction. There areat present in Maryland twenty-one high schools in which courses inagricultural are offered. In general this work is organized as aspecial department of the school, and an e
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