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ACCORDING to an annotation in the September issue of the Boletin de la Oficina Sanitaria Pan-americana, school hygiene in Peru includes psychobiological investigation of childhood and adolescence, school health medical supervision and physical education. A special week is also set apart for an intensive programme in health education for the whole country. During the second half of 1941, 10,000 children between six and ten years were immunized against diphtheria. Medical examination of teachers before appointment has become the general practice. Sanatorium schools for tuberculous children, some of which are built in the higher altitudes with appropriate climatic conditions, have been established. Retarded children are being given attention and transferred to special schools.
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School Hygiene in Peru. Nature 153, 741 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153741b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/153741b0