Report of the County Medical Officer upon the sanitary condition of the Goole Union (West Riding portion) / West Riding County Council Sanitary Committee.

  • West Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1901
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Credit: Report of the County Medical Officer upon the sanitary condition of the Goole Union (West Riding portion) / West Riding County Council Sanitary Committee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE XV—SCHOOLS. In the following Table, B. stands for boys. G. for girls. I. for Infants, and M. for mixed. District. | Name of School. Date of Erection Certified Accom¬ modation Average Attend¬ ance. Ventilation. Closet Accommodation. Water Supply. Drainage. Cloak Room Goole Urban Board, Alexandra Street B. G. I. 1875 1397 1134 Good Trough Yes Good Good 55 Board, Boothferry Road B. G. I. 1894 930 804 Good Trough Yes Good Good 55 „ Old Goole M. & I. 1878 785 553 Fair Box Yes Waste Dis. but not trapped Good National, Old Goole M. & I. 1864 200 154 I. Unsatis¬ factory M. Fair C.P.M. Pump No Lavatory Unsatis¬ factory 5 ,, St. John’s B. G. I. 1844 549 360 Unsatisfactory Trough Yes Good, but no Lavatory for Infants Fair, but badly lighted 55 Roman Catholic ... B. G. 1. 1869 336 207 Unsatisfactory Box Yes Good Good Goole Rural Adlingfleet Board M. & I. 1878 48 21 Unsatisfactory C.P.M. None No lavatory Unsatis¬ factory Airmyn National M. & I. 1834 124 52 Unsatisfactory C.P.M. and O.P.M. None No lavatory Fair Eastoft National M. & I. — 123 89 Unsatisfactory C.P.M. Pump Waste untrapped Fair Fockerby ... — — — — — — — — — — Goole Fields —- — — — — — — — — — Gowdall ... — — — — — — — — — — Haldenby ... — — — — — — — — — — Hooke National M. & I. 1844 Extended 1889 169 101 New part good Old unsatisfactory Box None No lavatory Good Ousefleet ... Endowed M. & I. 1875 90 36 Unsatisfactory C.P.M. unsatisfactory None No lavatory Poor Pollington... National M. & I. 1854 129 110 Unsatisfactory C.P.M. Pump No lavatory Unsatis¬ factory Rawcliffe ... Rawcliffe Board ... M. & I. 1878 235 174 Unsatisfactory C.P.M. None Unsatisfactory Fair 55 Rawcliffe Bridge Board M. & I. 1877 234 143 Unsatisfactory C.P.M. Pump Unsatisfactory Fair Reedness ... Board M. & I. 1879 120 82 Unsatisfactory C.P.M. Rain¬ water Satisfactory Unsatis¬ factory Snaitk and Snaith National ... M. & I. 1878 177 121 Good C.P.M. None No lavatory Fair Cowick ,, Wesleyan ... M. & I. 1S48 251 107 Windows only Cesspits Pump No lavatory Good 55 Cowick National ... M. & I. 1850 157 79 New good Old unsatisfactory Cesspits None Unsatisfactory Poor Swinefleet... Board M. & I. 1876 291 217 New good Old unsatisfactory Box Rain¬ water No lavatory Fair Whitgift ... ~ The importance of the thorough ventilation of schoolrooms cannot be over-estimated. With a large number of pupils in a single room the atmosphere soon becomes contaminated by exhalations from the lungs and skin. To compensate for the lack of proper ventilation, teachers have recourse to opening the windows, which is often as bad as the defect it is intended to correct; but it is the commoner custom to close all apertures in cold weather. Then a two-fold injury follows. First, the unhealthfulness and injuriousness from sitting in a warm contaminated atmosphere, causing relaxation and debility; second, on leaving the school the child is apt to catch cold, probably sore throat, which under insanitary conditions may favour the propagation of diphtheria and like ailments. Again, in country districts it is no uncommon experience for some of the children to walk several miles to school. When the weather is wet and the roads muddy they are compelled to enter their classes with cold feet and damp clothing, and remain there in that chilly uncomfortable condition. For this reason better accommodation should be provided in the way of cloak rooms or reception rooms, where it would not be unreasonable to ask for a special locker for each child in which a pair of dry stockings or extra bit of clothing might be kept.
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