The New York herald., 1876-03-09

more seon. or consisting mainly of pnp, who belong 20
Oiisu in the same ward isn with large & number
Of sse@n. Of eas a,aass npo.ss 10 tie
OF parents who desire that their children
sIrsaSy os crowded fs consequences that many
the % 10 es S nd sIs ss
definite rule is required to reEaae th matter sneet
every building main room and every class room in
ss & sns sps poo% haS s number tSs "hed by
law principal be required to refuse admission
psrsmeSs or school has been reached were carefully
number Of seats "a could placed allowing
sufficient number OF cubic ieet Of air for each child the
PACKING YOUNG CHILDREN.
The following remarks were addressed to the Board
In 1870
me IN which yoSns are p%eHsd
literally packed ,osshs. In .ness sshooss really HPps
itsry law Il has been with the utmost difficulty that
the maximum number of pupils in class at scvcntyhve
somenes indeed after the most perempory notice and
tons Of this occurred In some the bylaw
Shed sIRfss S s
save tho 81 .ensnss new eSssss We're formed ss haIn %
urgency the admission their children into
largest numbers. have ali soneurrsa to intensity
n.o ns evil By ssSSsSssA ssSso s' ..Sssss dss 1p
in the vicinity often having large proportion OF their
daons for the primary school children inadequate The
oSaps; are s0nsStsd @ & on wr1n. .II The S
small and furnished with more seats than
orally furnished With only. while except in the lowest
wthoat efisctns reform IN these particular woud bc
vain to diminish the number OF pupils teaeher by gen.
rooms admit of the employment of the teachers that
change the u constructing the buildings
afford spacious class and 10 admit OF rni
siruction than that now in use.
CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
In the report Of Mr. Kiddc, presented this year to
In tho and furnishing Of school buildings
sS % be has 10 Sesn Sa Sab s to & o
comfort 20 the children but adequate ans OF Ventilation
thirty cubic feet Of air each ventilation is impossible
en sy tsePns , every Of "a the tue ne Os in tho
primary departments schools this is the state Of things
BY the Committee Buildings eontsinng exhibit Of
Ss SspaS Of ns ssp in each by the
in presents this depIorsbe fact in the cearcst
nshing of the rooms regard has been had TO
the supe rdcia area would permit without app
cation any just sanitary principle or law Thus we ma In
per pupil ranges from 100 $50 and upward while Ia many
school No 4 for example Of the class rooms IN use
40 sSS feet Ss Ss1 % 'Ss IN
crowded This valuable report shows that great
proper principle should be adopted and applied g
regulate this matter. and that NO more seats SHOULD
by its sso and other having reference the
necessary even weather windows and
thus exPese 10 cold eurents oi air many OF ae Young
scrions fatal aladies This also shows
that there great unreasonable disparity between
the afforded children the primary
and those Of the departments Ia
many buildings while the OF the grammar de-
are furnished afford from U0 $50 cubic
feet OF per pupil In the primary departments scarcely
hfty cubic ieet OF air Is Afforded
ovERCRowpKD sTIrLISG.
The report referred TO in Mr Riddles statements one
that was made by the then Committee
on Buildings OF the Board OF Education. The report
Is an exhibit OF the number Of seats IN the school
rooms, the number OF square feet occupied by each
pupil and the cubic feet per seat From the opinions
OF eminent sanitarians It would appear that there
ought be 800 cubic feet air space for each pupil
The Superintendent OF Schools thinks that each pupil
In the grammar schools ought to have space of nine
superficial feet but he would bc we'll satisfied with an
arrangement by which each pupil could get 100 CUBIC
feet air space The report Of the committee subsan
TALLY applies the present time IT. indeed the figures
are low for the increase in the attendance.
The following selections will show the need OF prompt
action and the figures show In what frightfu condi-
tion these schools aTe:-