Report of Committee on school inquiry, Board of estimate an apportionment, city of New York .. . ical sanitary standpoint. It is herethat we find the most marked variations between individual schools,and, in some cases, distinctly unsatisfactory results. Plate XXVIIshows that the temperature curves for all schools center, as they should. 648 EDUCATIONAL INVESTIGATION about 68^. The text table for distribution below shows only 14^0 ofall records over yi°, and only 5% over 75°, which must be considereda very good result. Sixty-eight per cent, of all records fall between 66**and 71°, a reasonable
Report of Committee on school inquiry, Board of estimate an apportionment, city of New York .. . ical sanitary standpoint. It is herethat we find the most marked variations between individual schools,and, in some cases, distinctly unsatisfactory results. Plate XXVIIshows that the temperature curves for all schools center, as they should. 648 EDUCATIONAL INVESTIGATION about 68^. The text table for distribution below shows only 14^0 ofall records over yi°, and only 5% over 75°, which must be considereda very good result. Sixty-eight per cent, of all records fall between 66**and 71°, a reasonable equable temperature. Distribution of Temperatures in New York Schools DegreesFahrenheit Under60 60-61 62-63 64-65 66- 67 68-69 70- 71 72- 73 74- 75 Over75 Per Cent of Total Obser-vations 1 2 4 11 21 27 20 9 4 1 Individual Schools. It is when we consider individual schools, however, that this gen-erally satisfactory curve is seen to include some that are excellent and Fl.^TS- XXX COMPARISONTEMPERATURE CURVE5PUBLIC 6CH00L6 N06. JJ, 45, 6^. ki •^ > § o •!o /^.S. NO NO.^S hO 6Z 6V- O ECREES 6 b 6a 70 7Z EAHREN HEIT. THE AIR or NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS 649 others where conditions are notably bad. On the one hand, we haveschools Hke No. 33, The Bronx, No. 6, Brooklyn, No. 145, Brooklyn,and the Morris High School, where a temperature close to from 66° to68° is maintained with remarkable constancy, as shown both by thermo-graph records and by our special tests. At the other extreme areschools like No. i, Queens, No. 3, The Bronx, and No. 84, Brooklyn,among the ten regular schools, and No. 2, The Bronx, and Nos. 29 and186, Manhattan, among the special schools, which are frequently andgrossly overheated. Typical curves for a well-operated, artificially ventilated school (), a naturally ventilated school (No. 49), and a carelessly operated,artificially ventilated school (No. 84) are plotted for comparison inPlate XXX. In the first, the temperature is splendidl
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