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SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL HYGIENE.
The following information is given at the request of the
Local Government Hoard. A more detailed account of the
work connected with, and the conditions prevailing in the
Tottenham Schools is reported separately.
Accommodation:- The accommodation (January 1914)
in the provided Schools of the Tottenham Education
Committee was for 125,321 children, and in the non-provided
Schools for 2,422 children, giving a total accommodation for
27,743; there were on rolls 24,892 children; the average
attendance, however, only amounted to 22,317.
General Observations:—The following are a few hints to
Caretakers and others who have the custody of the school
premises.
The Caretakers should keep the sanitary conveniences
in a condition of scrupulous cleanliness, not merely by
flushing the pans but by mopping them with a plentiful
supply of disinfecting solution. The seats should be scrubbed
above and below. Where trough closets are in use they
should be scraped inside and outside at regular and frequent
intervals, and swilled with Spirits of Salts when the slightest
evidence of furring appears.
Teachers and Caretakers should give great attention
to the ventilation of school rooms and cloak rooms. The
cloak room windows should be kept open practically
constantly. The class room windows and ventilators should
be opened to their fullest extent on every available
opportunity, not only during the intervals while the children