Identifier: healthschoolroun00newm (find matches)
Title: Health and the school; a round table
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Newman, Frances Burks Burks, Jesse Dismukes
Subjects: School hygiene Child care
Publisher: New York, Chicago, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ce of polishedtable tops. Mrs. Ross.—What an enviable condition! Surelydirty shoes are the chief source of dust in our schoolsand pubHc buildings, not to say private dwellings, buthow could you ever arrange to have 500 children takeoff their shoes before entering a school building? Mr. Martin.—The Japanese provide a roomy vesti-bule where this is done. We could easily solve the diffi-culty if we became convinced of the sanitary importanceof such an arrangement. In the meantime the warfare against dirt, both pre-ventable and unpreventable, must go on vigorously andcontinuously. The first requirement in sanitary cleaningis to avoid the raising of dust. The vacuum cleaneranswers this requirement most satisfactorily. Sweepingand dusting can be made fairly dustless operations,however, by the use of wet sawdust scattered over floorsfor sweeping, and damp cloths for use in wiping furni-ture and floors. These should be wiped up every daywhen rooms are in use. A disinfectant should be used
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SANITARY INSPECTION 53 not less than once a week. Strong soapsuds alone makean excellent disinfectant. Floors, to be kept clean, must present smooth surfaces;if they are made of soft wood they should be treatedwith hardening preparations. Oil as a floor dressingdoes not deserve the vogue into which it has recentlysprung, as, instead of eliminating dirt, it binds the duston the floor, where it sticks. In fact wood, unlesspolished and waxed, does not make the most sanitaryfloor for schools, and we cannot hope to have really first-class wooden floors until we stop the habit of grindingdirt into them with our shoes. Many English schoolshave floors of small stone blocks set in cement, whichare easy to scrub, comfortable, and soundproof. Window Cleaning.—Window cleaning, as we haveseen, is of great importance. The frequency with whichthis is needed varies much, according to location, cli-mate, and season, but a schedule should be followedwhich is carefully regulated with a view to keeping

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