The San Francisco call., 1908-03-29
Appeal VIII Be Made for Money
to Install Sanitary Plumbing
in Many Buildings
ANrrArroN FuND coNrRIBUToRs

NJ. s. KohIberg & Co... 30
Mendeison Bros, lne.. 80
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Following close upon the Butcher
town exposures have come revelations
Of q startling nature in regard 10 the
Ensanirary condition Of number OF
the public schools. In these Sehoois
hundreds Of children are subjected
daily 10 what the investigating COM
rflsrree described as .'onensiveness tIat
no words can describe. The matter
has been called TO the attention OF the
hoard OF education. and a request vii
be made of the supervisors for sum
- money sufficient 10 install sanitary
rrhe schools in which the most de-
bIorable conditions were found are the
Mousder AT Page and Cough, Hamilton
. al tfeary and Scott, Emerson IN Pine
near DevisaderO. Everett IN Sanchez
near Sixteenth. Sherman at ocean view. (.
Madison al Clay near Walnut, Hearst
se Hermann and Fillmore and the Bur
nett at L street and Fourteenth avenue
The committee has not completed its
work. but has submitted q preiiIil.Ils.is
statement A large number OF scnools
have not vet been visited, but the COM
r-litree intends 70 make it's work com
ftete before IL dishanos- The report
eubmitted to the citizens health com
r7sfftee covers the work done 70 Gate
u bears the signature OF Alice > O~rlI- ~
9Th. chairman OF the investigating COM
nlittees.
SAYS CONDITIONS OFFENSIVE
The eight schools in which the
Objectionable conditions were FOUND
ere among those which were unin5ureo
by the FIRE. IN regard 70 them the re-
port says. :.
No words can describe the orenslEenssss s-.9. ..
these riaces which used daily oy huncrsc'
~ rtifd~en- The fsucefs and sinks used fo'
srinking water are asusly IN close Proain,S ~ =
~rr~-s thar much sunshine + cut OF from tn'
va-i spaeS thus adding 70 me ostfltAel,a
Tects of tie rnssuf-arT co2oirions Inc eseotl
s-5eoo7 Fos,ns fa tbis condition Is the Burnett
r-snrnar school TIE board q education eoa "a
ss--i~tes th. thorough renoFstion Of this build
- 1rhirh vrss erected 40 years ago and IN
5eeS rhss i done during the long Tscatlon- y
~Fnaren. should b. allowed 70 ATTEND Il; II
narv cleaning and the toilets should De inlme
alafeix investigated
The report not only calls ATTENTION :
rhe revolving conditions existing IT
these eight schools. but fnds some
thing ceiling for correction in nearly
every school IN the city The commit
zee found that almost ali were over
/. crowded 10 degree not only dahsel
Gus ia case of a panic out ln1uflou
"a xeneral health. The committee ma
eorple.ed its examination of Il Of tn
-s;oid schools" as those which We're no
.afected BY the FIRE are known. Speak
ing Of these. the report says
TIE. condition Of the walls in the msJorli
az. these II schools i very bsd- Many OF tneH
Lsrs not been kalSomined Tor years X seem
- II -shis Necessary cleansing process shouia
undergone once year and should oe me- Z
>, ~n-~enf expense II is however. one OF N
Items in the sunuai budget In the opInl991 Z
yeur COMMITTEES. some special msssa1e 9s ~
taken 70 meet the present sitn.tiet- eso :
suproprisfion for sanitary necessitleS N -
schools should. BE- made. Win tne , ehaeLs a.. 49,
iuE thar IL cannot be used FOR any otnef p1'
pose
The report indicates that even mat
ters OF general cleanliness have bee
overlooked It is stated that the regu
lations provide that floors and l~lnoo"
should be washed during vacation
only. The. committee urges that I'M
ruiine be changed. On this point tn
report says
The tanitor work in many Of the schools
very neffcient TIE 3aniIors sIe ~ -
The regulations require that uoors ana VI
dows shah be wssbec during fscse'oHs - ,. ~.
Fhis is q grave mistake ana - - ss es 1't'
mat: some different ruling can De adopted
repst on The Janitor in each seboo, NAY Z, p p
fone fhat same action VIII be found possible.
.oRfENTAL SCHOOL DANGEROUS
Attention is called 70 the dsngero'
conditions prevailing in the Orienu
school il is two story shack, VII
Insufficient exists. The report refers
sthFs building in the following ial
guagec
TIE oriental school IS built on a small i
which gives no adequate yard space II is {
o8e instance Of shack school two stories
beirhf. aud a need exists FOR more doors fro
some of the ciassroous 70 facilitate rapid ei
IN case Of hre The aar9snips ano eanssr S r.
erection of a building on the adjoining proper
Even where the plumbing is sanita'
il is not ample, as the foilowir
excerpt from the report indicates:
The conditions In all of the temporary schos
ARE practieally the same. Those II the burn
district are much overcroEded. but IN some q
.SSFssa-s5 sSfs reoms In these additions "a
ShouId be taken 10 secure proper Fentilati
snd doors opening out should be demanded
re toilefs in All Of these schools should
increased IN number. and partitions should
placed between. each closet
ID az OF these schools the sinks from VIII
the children obtain their drinking water
- slose prDxinffy 70 the toilets. This shos
- noted BY the health authorities ana Fen
died Immediately
OF the temporary schools in
burned area the committee points
three. the Cosmopolitan, Lafayette a
Polytechnic. as especially overcrowot
IN the Bryant Cosmopolitan a sar
4ary committee has been organic
among the pupils with excellent J
suits
only two schools Of those examin
50 far have been found in first Ella
condition. These are the Crock
grammar and the Pacific Heights T
committee. graded the schools in
groups. segregating them on the ba'
81 their sanitary arrangements
Special reference is made TO t
sheridan primary at Ocean View. CO
slsting OF i rooms IL is stated II
there is no sewer in the street q
that latrEnes are IN use. The walls
the West End primary in Mission TO
were found 20 be broken and depls
ably dirty"
Improved plumbing Is recommend
for the Buena Vista. Columbia, Dou
lass primary, Dudley Stone and Grs
primary schools
eThe committee found rat traps IN L
in only three schools. bur reported II