The Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1907. A GOOD SUGGESTION.
AT a meeting of the Pahiatua School Committee recently, the Chairman read a inter ifrom the Secretary of the Education Board with reference to the question of cleaning schools In this it w as stated that for some four or five years the Timaru Main School, with aii average of between 600 and 700., has-been entirely immune from epidemics, and. this was at-tributed-to thenpbde,. iu ; which, the floors were swept. A quantity of sawdust was damped with a solution of sheep dip, and was spread acrQS§, the ifloor at one end of the room, and as it was swept to the othep end the dust frbiff the fldbfs,' also- preventing ita jisirigj ajid pu the walls. Previous to this the committee had to dose th£ school dh several oc-
- of •* measles, mumps, and fevers. — After considerably discussion it was re“’That life school buildings be disinfetted, and that the system of cleaning iii vogue in the Timaru school be adapted in future.” The suggestion is worthy of consideration by our local Committee,
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3769, 24 August 1907, Page 2
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181The Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1907. A GOOD SUGGESTION. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3769, 24 August 1907, Page 2
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