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order is the London County Council. The order
referred to came into operation on the Ist January,
1908.
The reason for this notification is doubtless the fact
that Glanders is communicable to man by the discharges
from a diseased horse coming in contact with
abrasions or sores on the limbs or bodies of grooms or
stable-men. A similar risk is entailed by riding
behind a diseased horse in a Hansom Cab. Human
Glanders is almost invariably fatal.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
On the 18th of June 1907 the Board of Education
issued a set of building regulations with reference to
the construction of Public Elementary Schools.
Part II relates to the construction of the fabric, to
the sanitary and other hygienic conditions and to the
provisions for ensuring the safety of the scholars in the
event of fire or panic.
Stress is laid upon securing a sunny site and an open
airy playground. It is also laid down that an open
space of ground unbuilt upon should be reserved in
the proportion of thirty square feet to each child.
Infant schools should have a playground on the
same level as the school, a sunny aspect being regarded
as of special importance.
Other clauses provide for a minimum height of
rooms and cubic capacity per head. The imperviousness
of roofs to cold and heat, the proper concreting
and ventilation beneath the floors of the building,
and the lighting, warming and ventilation of the class-