SANITATION 107 



The germs of putrefaction abound in dark places 

 and the air becomes stagnant and impure. 



As the schoolroom bears very close relations to the 

 home, the conditions there should be thought about by 

 the housewife. Either from lack of time or money, 

 wrong methods, or too few employees, . the so-called 

 cleaning of many schoolrooms consists in a vigorous 

 sweeping with dry broom or floor brush after school 

 at night. The dust settles during the night, but in 

 the morning, instead of being taken away on damp or 

 oiled cloths, it is stirred into the air again by the 

 whisking feather dusters. 



At nine o'clock, in troop the children, with warm, 

 moist throats, eyelids, and nostrils all ready to catch 

 the floating germs which should have been removed. 



The housekeeping of schoolhouses needs intelligent 

 supervision as well as the mental and moral equip- 

 ment of their inmates. Where so many persons are 

 gathered from many kinds of homes the danger from 

 the presence of disease germs must be greatly in- 

 creased over that of the private house. 



In dirty schoolrooms, poorly ventilated by windows 

 and doors, compared with well ventilated rooms, the 

 proportion of bacteria in the same volume of air has 

 been found to be sometimes as great as si-- & one 

 hundred. 



The cleaning and cleanness of schoolrooms should 

 certainly interest mothers, . next to that of their own 

 homes. This may be their first civic duty. 



