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Scrub all wood and paint-work, skirting boards, shelves,
cupboards, window ledges, benches, desks, chairs (where
possible) and the floors with hot water and soap.
Clean the windows with cold water, dry and polish.
Clean the inkpots with hot water and soap.
Clean slates, if any, with hot water and soap.
Wash the pen holders and pencils with hot water and
soap.
The Disinfection of a School Room,
or any room or passage containing no carpets, etc.
A School Room should be disinfected at least once before
a term begins; and always immediately after it has been
infected by any infectious disease.
Remove nothing from the room which it is possible to
disinfect in the room.
Light a fire in the grate.
Bum all papers, copy books, and rubbish which it is not
necessary to keep.
By means of an efficient form of spraying machine, spray
the walls, floor, desks, and everything in the room with a
solution of Formalin, taking care to cover every inch of surface
with disinfectant (Particulars will be supplied by the
School Medical Officer).
When spraying the walls start at the bottom and work
upwards, thoroughly wetting every inch; it will be found
that even delicate papers are not injured by this method.
Now leave the room for two hours.
After two hours scrub out the room in the same way as
in the " Weekly Cleansing."
Cloak Rooms, Cloak Lobbies.
Clean daily in the ordinary way.
Scrub weekly in the ordinary way.
Disinfect periodically as recommended above.