. The hygiene of the schoolroom. ding pleasantplaces for the childrens recreation. The school entrances should be large and sufficient innumber. The corridors must be roomy, and, with thestairs, should be fire-proof, even though the rooms them-selves are not so. The stairs should be at least five feetwide, built with a landing near the middle of each steps should be of uniform box-like shape and ofequal width: triangular steps and steps over eight incheshigh are to be avoided. The cloakrooms or wardrobes should not be a part ofthe schoolroom. This latter point should receive par-tic
. The hygiene of the schoolroom. ding pleasantplaces for the childrens recreation. The school entrances should be large and sufficient innumber. The corridors must be roomy, and, with thestairs, should be fire-proof, even though the rooms them-selves are not so. The stairs should be at least five feetwide, built with a landing near the middle of each steps should be of uniform box-like shape and ofequal width: triangular steps and steps over eight incheshigh are to be avoided. The cloakrooms or wardrobes should not be a part ofthe schoolroom. This latter point should receive par-ticular attention, as there can be no question that theouter garments of the children are a favorite hiding placefor disease germs. Personal observation has shown thatin houses where contagious diseases exist, the outer gar-ments receive little or no attention, and often form partof the covering of the sick one. When the patient re-covers, these same garments, so pregnant with dis-ease, are taken to the common cloakroom and huddled. Fig. 1. Standard School Wardrobes in a School Hall. 8 The Hygiene of the Schoolroom. together with dozens of others, which thus become amost excellent medium for transmission of disease. A model cloakroom should be separated from theschoolroom and connected with the corridor. It shouldcontain individual compartments, or lockers, for eachpupils garments, and windows should be so arrangedthat a constant supply of fresh air may circulate freelyabout the clothes and rid them of the disagreeable stiflingsmell that so often clings to them and fills the cloakroom should not be kept warm, as germs thriveand multiply much more rapidly in a warm room than ina cold one. In several schools in England there are drying closetsattached to the cloakrooms, for use on damp and rainydays for drying the wet shoes and outer wraps of thepupils. This most excellent arrangement could well beimitated in this country. Along this same line, it wouldbe of great ser
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