Health and the school; a round table . ife in a room which is sofilled with furniture that they cannot exercise freely oroccasionally form little groups. Tables and chairs thatcan easily be moved aside at any time meet the tripleneed of a schoolroom—sanitary, hygienic, and social. I could easily go into greater detail in my report, butthe items I have mentioned cover in a general way theextent of our investigation. Our findings I think provebeyond a question Mr. Youngs contention, uttered atour first meeting, that the schools are damaging thehealth of our children. Mr. Ross.—The conditions you
Health and the school; a round table . ife in a room which is sofilled with furniture that they cannot exercise freely oroccasionally form little groups. Tables and chairs thatcan easily be moved aside at any time meet the tripleneed of a schoolroom—sanitary, hygienic, and social. I could easily go into greater detail in my report, butthe items I have mentioned cover in a general way theextent of our investigation. Our findings I think provebeyond a question Mr. Youngs contention, uttered atour first meeting, that the schools are damaging thehealth of our children. Mr. Ross.—The conditions you report, Mr. Martin,are scandalous. I should like to know who is to blamefor them. Mr. Martin.—I am to blame, Mr, Ross, and you are 38 HEALTH AND THE SCHOOL to blame, and every one in this room is to blame, as wellas every citizen in this town. The Madison school is apublic school. The public is responsible for it. If theschool board has failed, as it certainly has, to maintaina decent school building, why havent the 600 parents. LEGAL REGULATION OF SCHOOLHOUSE CONSTRUCTION (1912). The states in white have complete regulation; those in light shadingmoderate regulation; those in dark shading deficient regula-tion; those in black have no regulation at all. [From RussellSage Foundation]. who are interested in it insisted on proper arrangementsfor their children? Why have the doctors in this town,who are supposed to guard our health, allowed these dis-ease-breeding conditions to continue? None of us canescape the blame, which is written large in our deficientlaws regulating schoolhouse construction. Miss Parsons.—Now, however, that the light has beenturned on, Mr. Martin, may we not hope to have schoolconditions improved? When people really find out how SANITARY INSPECTION 39 bad things are, they are usually eager to do all they canto right them. Mr. Martin.—We have found that to be true, MissParsons, and I am glad to report that radical improve-ments have already taken p
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