A survey of the educational system of the Philippine islands by the Board of educational survey, created under acts 3162 and 3196 of the Philippine Legislature.

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is excellent. This should be continued. But because of the interest
of these officers in private practice, because of general failure in the
work they have attempted to do, they should be relieved of the health
supervision of school children.
THE REIY CROSS NURSING SERVICE.-The annual report (1924)
of the Health and Nursing Service indicates a policy that is important.
It says, "In line with chapter policy the Red Cross in the Philippines
should serve as a demonstrating agency and turn over its service to other
organizations as rapidly as possible." The Red Cross health services
in the schools should not be looked upon as contributions which will
continue indefinitely. Conditions may arise which would greatly curtail the educational and social service of this organization. The announced policy of the Red Cross to stop school nursing activities as
soon as its demonstration of need and of procedure is complete, should
lead the Insular government to plan in relation to these services. The
Commission feels that the Red Cross should continue its work especially
during the transition period within which the recommendations of the
Commission may be undertaken. Instead of one to two years, the Red
Cross should plan for a longer period. In the opinion of the Commission the Red Cross should plan to continue three to five years; the
Insular government should plan to take over fully and adequately the
health care of school children within that time.
Moreover, the Women's Clubs and other organizations throughout
the Islands might well take over support of school nurses as local club
projects. Any plan that favors local support for local activities is to
be commended.
The following gives a summary of Red Cross nursing work in the
schools:
ANALYSIS OF WORK IN SCHOOLS
Schools visited.............................................................. 2,304
Pupils in classroom inspection............................................... 138,644
Individual pupils inspected................................................ 209,744
Pupils defective............................................... 168,662
Pupils who have had defects corrected.......................................... 17,145
Parent consultations at school............................................... 7,943
Sanitary inspections of schools and premises.............................. 1,729
Treatments................................................................ 177,360
Toothbrush drills......................................................... 1,130
Handkerchief drills................................................ 1,076
Class talks.......................................................................... 3,607
However, unless the officers and nurses are accurate in their records,
reports of work done in the school are worth very little. The follow