SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND SITES. I9; 



BATHING TANK. 



In many schools where water furrows skirt the sites a swimming: 

 or phing-e bath, with running- water passing- throug-h it, would be 

 the means of providing- beneficial exercise as well as cleansing-. 



SINKS. 



Sinks should also be provided in C()n\enient positions for wash-- 

 ing- ink pots and school utensils, antl " hoppers " for the recep- 

 tion of dirtv water used in washing- the floors are advisable to 

 prevent the foul water from being- thrown upon the playground. 



PRIVIES OR w.c.'s. 



At least one privv or w.c. should be provided for each 12 tc ' 

 15 pupils, and in designing- them due regai^d should be g-iven to 

 the sex and ag-e of the users, as well as to privacy, separation, 

 and, where tubs are used, to the speedy, cleanly and complete 

 removal of same. 



Privies should never be nearer than 50 feet to any window 

 or door of the building-, should be placed in a shady position so 

 that the prevailing- summer winds do not blow from them to the 

 school building-s. The necessity of covered ways from the school 

 to the latrines depends upon circumstances, but on no account 

 should the sides of such be entirely enclosed. Precautions are 

 necessary to prevent children from g-aining- access to the cleaningf 

 space behind privy rang-es and to so segregate the sexes by screens- 

 or other means that one cannot see the approach of the other. 

 I propose to deal onlv with privies, presuming- that water closets- 

 are out of the Cjuestion. 



The disposal of urine, in the case of boys, is alwavs a trouble- 

 some matter, but from experience gained under varying- circum- 

 stances I am disposed to favour the use of buckets, with moveable 

 trays or strainers on top, which can be filled with sawdust, pre- 

 ferably that from pitch pine, as that seems to prevent speedy 

 decomposition and to act as a deodorant. Sav one urine tub to 

 20 boys should suffice and they should stand in enclosures shaded 

 from the sun with hard, smooth and impervious finish to the floors 

 and walls so arranged as to be easily flushed out with Avater-tight 

 and exposed sumps, into which the foul water should run and be 

 immediately removed, after receiving- a liquid disinfectant. 



Daily removals and cleansing- of latrines should be systemati- 

 cally insisted upon, and the Principal should make it his duty to- 

 inspect the yards and latrines daily, for, if left to assistants or 

 servants, it is never done. Each privv should be at least 

 6ft. oin. by 3ft. 6in. by gft. oin. hig-h, with impervious, smooth 

 and washable floors and walls. All scats and tubs should be- 

 easily removed, and the privies kept as cool as possible by having- 

 thick brick walls on the sunny sides and well-ventilated " pitched " 

 roofs instead of the usual " lean-to " type. Ceiling-s should be of 

 plaster and kept cool by a "brand zoldcr" or other material. Each 



