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not sprayed out. All the spraying and disinfection recommended
in this report can be carried out by the present staff
of the Health Department.
In the daily sweeping of the floors of all rooms,
passages, etc., in the schools, wet sawdust should be used
wherever possible, and all dusting should be thoroughly
done with moist dusters. Every head teacher should be
asked to make a note in the log book or other register, of
when and how the class.rooms, etc., are cleansed, for a
guide as to whether the school is being properly attended to
from a cleansing point of view.
Experiments are being carried on at the present time
with three patent oil dust.laying preparations in order to
test their eflicacy.
With regard to disinfection after infectious disease,
where there have been several cases of one disease in a classroom,
disinfection has been carried out if I considered it
necessary. In two instances, after a slight outbreak of
Scarlet Fever, the disinfection of the class.room appeared
to be attended by beneficial results, and in another instance
after Chicken Pox. The method adopted is to thoroughly
spray the room, desks, etc., with a solution of "Cyllin,"
and after that, to have the contents, and the room, well
washed with soap and water.
As far as possible all the cloak.rooms of each department
are sprayed out during the holidays.
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
There seems a good deal of misunderstanding as to
what Medical Inspection really is and what it is intended to
do. Dr. Ralph Crowley, in his excellent book on " The