Disinfection of Schools.
! Dr J. -T. Ainslie ' Walker- insists, in a ! paper read ai the International Congress on ■ School Hygiene, on -the- necessity for the | daily 'disinfection, of schools. 'Schools play ' an important part in .the spread *of infec-tion;-the floors are covered with <iust con--taining tubercle "bacilli, <and sometimes diphtheria bacilli,- and' ";n"nen~"the -floor is dry [swept, the" dust* is ..'simply .whirled .in -the i air end settles down again. _ JHe urges the 1 , uneed-pf spraying floors -with a liquid -disin : | fec'tant before sweeping; and- of_ rubbing | all furjiiture, wall surfaces-, 'etc., with "a wet I cloth -wrung out -of an v ef&cient dißinfec- | tant. — ~, -
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19080122.2.427
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Otago Witness, Issue 2810, 22 January 1908, Page 84
Word count
Tapeke kupu
105Disinfection of Schools. Otago Witness, Issue 2810, 22 January 1908, Page 84
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Witness. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in