Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-12-14
Inspection of Schools.

/ School building No. 1-In this build
ing found the basement 30 be in an
unclean and unsanitary condition, like
wise the stairways aud the hall floors
of some Of the school rooms. The en-
tire building was very poorly ventilat-
ed. The fan was not running. The
warm air should enter the room from
below instead Of from above and the
ventilator should be near the ceiling
instead Of near the floor Any amount
of rubbish has been allowed to accum-
ulate in the basement, Inefficient JAM
itor service Janitor was not in the
building or on the grounds at the time
of the inspection.
School building No. 2-Here the
basement was also found very unclean
und unsanitary. The flushing of the
water closets and urinals is very i'm
properly done. The construction of
the approachsto the bows urinal is such
that it cannot be kept in sanitary
condition and should be altered The
washstand and drinking cups are in
very unsanitary condition. Ventila-
ton not sufficient. The same altera-
tions are necessary here as in No. l
school. The stairways and hall floors
are dirty. There was found all kinds
of waste matter in the basement Jan
itor service very poor; janitor not in
or about building.
School bulldog No. 3.-Here also
the basement is unsanitary. Ventila-
tion very poor Regarding the clos
cts, urinals, stairways, hall and school
room floors, could only report what
has been said of the foregoing-they
are unclean aud unsanitary. Janitor
was not in the building.
School building No Here again
found a very unsanitary basement; i'm
proper flushing of the closets and uri-
nails; dirty washstands and drinking
cups; rubbish of every description in
the basement which would be splendid
food for a fire taking its origin in the
| basement The stairways, hall and
tschoolrcom floors are in anything but
sanitary condition. Janitor service
poor; janitor not in the building. [
consider this building in construction
poor and unsafe one.
The board is hereby requested to
see to it that the floors of all
schoolrooms, halls, easements and the
stairways are hereafter kept in clean,
er and thereby in a sanitary condition
by more frequent sclubbing and mop
ping. This is matter which should
be given strict and immediate atten-
ton, for it involves the health of
teachers and pupils.
The improper and inefficient flushing
of the closets and urinals is anything
| but sanitasy and should not be neg
lected longer. The flushing should be
IN continuous operation under all Cir
cumstances. The rubbish should be
| removed from the different Easements.
The washstands, faucets, and drinking
cups should be thoroughly cleaned aud
should then be kept clean and unless
the cups are kept 5crupulously clean
| it is better to have no cups at the fau-
Gets, but ask each child to have cup
of it's own at shool for drinking pur-
poses. In some of the schools there
| should be more faucets to accommo-
date the number of children; but even
| this would be not necessary if each
child had it's own drinking cup at
school, as there would be no waiting
for cups.
Every school building should from
time to time be fumigated with formal
dehyde. The health department Of
this city .recently purchased a very
efficient generator which has a capa-
city of disinfecting so, 900 cubic feet in
two hours.
Next | wish to call the attention of
the board to the light, which is not
sufficient in most of the schoolrooms
There cannot be too much light in
schoolroom; it ought to he flooded with
light so that the darkest places will
have sufficient illumination on a dark
day. Under all circumstances the win.
dows ought to bs as large as possible
and reach up to the ceiling. since the
upper part which admits the sky light
is the most important. Thirty square
, inches of glass should correspond to
one square foot of floor. The light
from the ceiling is the best, but only
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