Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-09-09

and proper degree of humidity shall
be maintained.
Artificial ventilation systems shall
supply at least 1900 cubic feet Of air
per hour for each pupil, and not less
than six complete changes of air per
hour.
Lighting
No. 20.-Light shall be admitted
only from the left side and from the
rear of the rooms. The total glass
area of the windows shall equal not
less than one-fifth of the floor surface
The windows in the left side OF the
room shall be set with the least pos
sible space between them. and they
shall not be less than three and one
half feet from the floor. coming up as
near to the ceiling as the casing ana
finishing will permit Window shades
shall be provided for the protection
of the eyes of the pupils from a glare
of light, and shall permit adjustment
from either top or bottom
Water for Washing
No. q Water and soap for hand
washing shall be provided, but no
common towel shall be used in any
public school in the state Paper tow
els are recommended, but pupils may
be permitted to use their own private
| towels.
Drinking Waller
No. % Boards or education or 9th
er school officers in charge shall see
that their schools are provided with,
or shall have access to, an abundant
supply of pure drinking water
Buckets and all open water recep-
tacles are forbidden, and also the use
OF the common drinking cup. SAM
tary drinking fountains or individual
drinking cups shall be used exclu-
sively in all schools Wher4 it Is nee
e ssSry to use a water receptacle, a
closed jar, tank or cooler with faucet
shall be provided, which shall be
kept clean, and which shall have its
contents renewed at least every morn
ing.
sweeping of Rooms
No. %. No class room shall be swept
| except after all school exercises for
the given day have concluded, and no
floor Of a school room shall be swept
without first having BEEN covered
with damp sawdust or other suitable
preparation for this purpose. All
sweepings or waste shall be removed
from each school rom daily The seats
desks and other furniture shall be
wiped own with an oiled or parffined
cloth every day after the dust has
settled, and the wood work or finish
| ishing OF every school room aud OF
every hallway or corridor shall be
wiped down in the same way at least
once a week
Sanitation of School and Grounds
No "a. The public health council
shall, whenever it deems necessary or
advisable, cause an investigation or
the sanitary condition of any school
house, building or ground used for
! school purposes. If they shall find
that such school house, building or
ground is in any respect menace.
or likely to become an menace, to the
health or physical welfare of the pu-
pills or teachers, they shall call the
attention of the local board OF health
to the fact and if, after reasonable
| length of time the complaint has not
been attended to in a salts actory way
| they shall order such changes as in
| their Judgment will make the building
and grounds safe and sanitary for
school purposes, or condemn the same
and forbid their further use.
1t shall be the duty of the school
board of the district forthwith on no
/ chan order
ed, and the cost of the same shall be
charge upon the district.
Diseases
No. 25. Pupils actually infected with
the following named diseases shall
be excluded from school during the
existence of the disease, and shall be
readmitted only upon presenting a
certificate from a licensed physician
attesting to their recovery: Tonslli-
It's. trachoma. scabies (itch), pedicu-
losis capitis (head lice), pediculosis
corporis (body lice), tinea circinta
! (ring worm, impetigo contagiosa, IA
| vus. The teacher or principal snail
exclude from school any child sus-
\ pected to be suffering from any COM
municable disease, pending examina-
ton and report from licensed physi'
clan.
No. &c. No child who has suffered
and recovered from a communicable
disease, shall be permitted to enter
any school except upon certificate OF
competent licensed physician set
ting forth that all rules and reguta-
tions have been complied with, and
that the child presents no evidence OF
disease and is incapable of conveying
| infection.
No. q. No person suffering from
any communicable disease shall be
employed as teacher or janitor, or
in any capacity which brings him or
her In contact with children in any
public school in the State.
No. 2s. No person, either as teacher
or pupil, afflicted or suspected to be
afflicted with trachoma shall be al
lowed TO attend any public, paro-
/ chial or private school in the state,
and no person excluded from school
for this cause shall be readmitted ex'
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