I9<S SCHOOL r.UII.DIXCS AXD SITES. 



All floors should be spra}(;d with a liquid disinfectant before 

 being- swept, and all joinery, furniture and wall and ceiling face?- 

 should be dusted, and, where possible, rubbed down with damp- 

 cloths. Moulded skirtings or any projections that will harbour 

 dust and cannot be cleaned by a simple and speedy process should 

 be avoided. All spaces between floors and the natural ground, 

 must be adequately ventilated to prevent dry rot and the accu- 

 mulation of foul air. In the case of double-storied buildings the 

 upper floor should be rendered dust-proof, and ha\"e \\ater and 

 dust-proof joints to a\-oid tlie passage of foul matter to the space 

 below the boarding. 



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Ceilings should be of material that can be easily cleaned from • 

 below. Where hard finished plaster is impracticable, asbestos 

 slabs or compo-boarding- will probably be the most sanitary, safe 

 and economical material, having fewer joints and being more fiire- 

 resisting than matched boarding. " Brand zolder," sawdust and 

 lime or other sound-proof material should be laid upon the upper 

 side of ceilings to deaden the sound of rain upon the roof and to 

 keep the ceiling ccol. Access to each roof should be provided by 

 manholes in the ceilings. Ceilings should be distempered, or, 

 better still, oil painted, white, for the diffusion of light, for the 

 detection of dirt and for the ready removal of fly soils without 

 damage to the ceiling material. 



ROOFS. 



Roofs should be covered with material that is a non-conductor 

 of heat and as noiseless as possible. Sheet iron, though service- 

 able, when far removed from saline sea air, and cheap, is both 

 hot and noisy when rain or hail is falling. The various forms of 

 ruberoid sheeting, when laid on boarding, are better than iron, 

 but tiles are the most serviceable and in the long run the most 

 economical material to adopt. All roof spaces should be venti- 

 lated and cooled by the admission of cool air at the eaves level, , 

 and its removal through " louvres " at the ridge or other con- 

 A enient spot. Hips and valleys should be avoided as tending to 

 leakage and repairs. 



DOORS. 



Each class room should have one doorway only opening up a ■ 

 corridor or cloister, and not into another class room or assembly 

 hall, if such can be avoided. No door should be immediately oppo- 

 site another in a corridor, and under certain circumstances a glass 

 panel for inspection purposes is desirable. All doors should open 

 into a room, at the same end as the master's dais, and on his left 

 hand side when seated. They should be hung to open towards ■ 

 the scholars, and no mouldings or harbours for dust should be 

 permitted on doors, linings or architraves. Door latches should' 

 be substnntial and simple and fixed at convenient height from the r 

 floor for children's use. 



