The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-01

of the water tanks made 1t impossible
for them TO flush.
When shown that the urinals did not
flush the janitor said: We'll, l can't
help that
II was stated by two of the teachers
Of the Starr school that they nave no
ticed odors arising from the toilets
and that they have reported the mat
ter to the school board. One of the
teachers said that the odor had pen
etrated her class room. She said IL
depended on the course of the wind
whether the smell was made percepii-
BILE
The odor of the boys lavatory was
almost nauseating, and it could readi-
ly be seen how such a strong smell
could permeats other parts of the build
ing. Decomposition of amonia made
possible by the fact that the urinals
did not flush was ascribed as the
cause for the odor by DR.. King. No
other possible cause could be discern
ed. The closets were ali in good work
ing order. DR., King told Janitor Al
exander and also Janitor Gordon at the
Warner school to see that the urinal
water tanks were placed in condition
SO that they would flush.
The janitor of the Starr schol said
the space about the urinals was scrub
bed twice a day and that I've was plac-
ed about them once week.
Was Not Enough Air.
The air meter test in one of the
rooms in the Starr building disclosed
the fact that each pupil was receiving
but 20 cubic feet Of frech air per min
ute. 10 cubic feet less than the stand
and. An application of the lime wa
ter test showed the air in the room to
be bad. Eighteen injections of air
from the room into the lime water
caused a murkiness which twenty-siX
injections OF average out-of-door air
are required to produce. An odor in
the room was very perceptible.
Two class rooms in the Starr build
ing tested with the air meter proved
to be receiving sufficient quantity
of air. In fact couple of the rooms
were shown TO be receiving far more
fresh air than was necessary. This
was said to be due to the fact that
the proper regulation had not been Sc
cured.
In two of the rooms of the Warner
building a heaviness of the air was
very noticeable despite the fact that
the air meter test had shown that
plenty of fresh air was entering the
rooms. This condition was said by one
of the teachers, to be due to the pu-
pills, some of whom did not receive the
proper attention at home and came to
school in not the most cleanly condi-
ton. The fact that the old foul air
ducts i'm the rooms were closed and
that the ducts installed for the new
system were drawing very slightly
making the doors, which the teachers
said were generally kept open, the on
~ principal avenue for the foul air to
escape. also probably had something
to do with the heaviness of the air.
Closed Air Ducts.
The teachers were closely question
ed regarding the closed air ducts by
DR.. King. All of those with whom he
talked said they had not noticed the
doors were closed. and declared they
knew nothing of them whatever. DR..
King told them that they should at
least know the importance of this fea-
ture of the ventilating system and
should take particular care in seeing
that they are kept open. He recon-
mended that they b. more observing
in the future.
One teacher dccla,.d the school to
be in her opinion we'll taken care of.
Another teacher said she noticed at
times a slight odor in her room. The
others said they noticed no Odors OF
any kind. No sponges and states were
used. they said. Every teacher said
they raised the windows when needed
contrary. They said there had been
no special cleaning up during the last
week
The supply of fresh air was entirely
sufficient and in some cases far more
than necessary. The record for the
various rooms was 60 cubic feet per
pupil per minute, 81 cubic feet per pu.
pill per minute and 20 cubic feet per
minute per pupil.
Go Through Fire Drill.
The fire drill was gone through for
the benefit of DR.. King, the school be-
ing emptied in less than two minutes.
An investigation of the toilets dis
closed no faults other than the non
| flushing of the urinals.
The teachers said there were some
of the pupils who had individual
drinking cups, but that the most of
them drank from the cups provided
or used the water outside the build
ing with no cups.
The janitor was found sweeping the
hall at the Starr building during the
last hour Of school. \ dust was no.
| ticeable. One of the teachers said
that the janitor was in the habit of do
| ing this regularly and said that it was
necessary in order for him TO do all
the work. The plan was condemned
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