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On the other hand the main disadvantage of placing the offices
inside the school building is the difficulty of preventing unpleasant
odours pervading the corridor, but this can be overcome by having
a cross ventilated lobby intervening.
It is certain that conveniences placed outside the school
buildings are often dirty and do not receive the same respectful
care from scholars which is required for the preservation of these
appliances as sanitary utensils, and there is no reason why a
properly lighted, ventilated, constructed, and kept convenience
inside a school building should be in any sense a nuisance.
Baths.—In the campaign of Local Education Authorities
against uncleanness it is important, that these should be provided.
It is undoubtedly the case that many children have never been
taught how to wash themselves, and the provision of a few school
baths would be of great assistance in teaching the children to be
clean and a credit to the Local Authority.
Medical Inspection.—A medical inspection room with the
necessary waiting and lavatory accommodation should be provided.
Satisfactory results of this inspection can only be secured by the
co-operation of the parent with the School Medical Officer, and it is
important that parents should be encouraged, by the provision of
suitable waiting rooms, to be present at the inspection of their
children. The medical inspection room should be at least twentyone
feet in length in a direction at right angles to the principal
lighting. It should not be situated near the playground.
These rooms should be arranged so that they may be of use
when public meetings are held in the school.