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County nurse gives Beaver Island school health checks, 1960

Also November 1960 school hearing tests and vaccinations

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TypeEvent
Date1960-11
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
1960-11
Kind
Medical
Carried out by
Beaver Island Grade and High School
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
healthcareeducationcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The November 1960 school report said Mrs. Rice, the County Nurse, gave hearing tests to children above third grade and that booster shots and vaccinations were given to all children.

Evidence and limits

No individual test results, diagnoses, vaccine types, consent records, or health department files are reproduced. The nurse’s given name is not supplied.

Open questions

  • Which county health and school records document the screening and vaccinations?

See also

Sources

  1. Reports that Mrs. Rice, the County Nurse, gave hearing tests to children above third grade and that booster shots and vaccinations were given to all children. It does not provide a nurse's full identity, test results, vaccine types, consent records, or health department files.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held three-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1960-11_Beaver-Beacon

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “County nurse gives Beaver Island school health checks, 1960”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-school-hearing-tests-and-vaccinations-1960/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1960, school health notice. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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