Why to Shun Banisters.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 31 July 1914, Page 2

Why to Shun Banisters.

If we expect to avoid coming in contact with all sorts of dreaded disease germs, we should avoid catching hold of the stair banisters on the stairway where people of every walk or life are passing hourly.- We naturally slide our hand up or down th« banister as a means of support or protection, but by so doing we are placing ourselves in much greater danger.

Caretakers ol all public buildings should be ■ compelled to keep the stair banisters as clean as ppssible. A carbolic wash or other antiseptic should be used.

In school buildings the stairways should be made in such a manner as to^ avoid the banister.

Iron railings or banisters are more sanitary than wooden ones, and. easier to keep clean. Brass ones are \v_orse than wood.

Lifts have killed a few people, but at the same time they have saved the lives of thousands in permitting people to go up and down in great structures without being almost compelled to run their hands through a coat of disease germs.