Practical preventive medicine . and humidity in the class rooms. This can be accomplishedby careful supervision, but is frequently ignored. (c) Blackboards selected for recitation or demonstrationpurposes should be so situated that no light is reflected fromtheir surface into the eyes of the pupils. These should have adull black surface. (d) A hygienically satisfactory supply of individual drinking 280 PRACTICAL PREVENTIVE MEDICINE cups should be available or drinking fountains should be drinking cups should not be tolerated. (e) Adequate toilet facilities with separate toilets for
Practical preventive medicine . and humidity in the class rooms. This can be accomplishedby careful supervision, but is frequently ignored. (c) Blackboards selected for recitation or demonstrationpurposes should be so situated that no light is reflected fromtheir surface into the eyes of the pupils. These should have adull black surface. (d) A hygienically satisfactory supply of individual drinking 280 PRACTICAL PREVENTIVE MEDICINE cups should be available or drinking fountains should be drinking cups should not be tolerated. (e) Adequate toilet facilities with separate toilets for the sexesare necessary. These should be maintained in a state of propercleanliness and working order. Washing facilities and indi-vidual towels are also necessary. Teachers should require theiruse by children who come to school with dirty faces and hands(Fig. 117). (/) Proper seating of the children with regard to theirstature and the seats available is necessary. This is importantfrom the standpoint of orthopedic Pig. 118.—Front of classroom, Cross Roads school. Note the relation ofthe seating and black boards to the illumination. (Bureau Education, Bull. 12,1914, Plate 22.) (g) The method employed for cleaning class rooms shouldavoid unnecessary dust production and should preferably bedone at the close of the school day. Common books andpencils tend to favor the distribution of infective agents andare undesirable. (h) Provision should be made for one or more periods ofphysical relaxation during the school day. These may bedevoted to drills, games, deep breathing exercises or a recess. In the arrangement of the curriculum the analytical coursesshould receive first place, so that they are taken while the mindis fresh. HYGIENE OF CHILDHOOD 28l SCHOOL INSPECTION The medical inspection of school children is variously undereither the Board of Education or the Board of Health, or insome places is accomplished jointly. As a method it wasespecially introduced for the
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