[Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Wigan County Borough.
- Wigan (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1904
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Wigan County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![I would suggest that all class-rooms should be mopped every month where practicable, and certainly not less often than once in two months, by doing a given number each week. Carbolacene, or King Carbol, could be added to the water as well as the soap which is employed, these preparations being good disinfectants, as well as efficient cleansers of wood, would answer two purposes, namely— cleansing and disinfecting. By this method of cleansing being carried out there is less risk of infectious disease spreading from one scholar to another in the school. I remain, Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, (Signed) WM. BERRY, Medical Officer of Health. P.S.—It is unnecessary for me to state that the simple sprinkling of the floor with a disinfectant powder or fluid cannot take the place of thorough cleansing. Mr. Horne, the Secretary of the Education Committee, sent out the following letter to the Managers :— [Copy]. Education Offices, King Street, Wigan, 20th, June, 1904. Dear Sir, Dr. Berry, the Medical Officer of Health, has drawn the attention of the Committee to the necessity for the regular and systematic cleansing (mopping) and disin¬ fecting of the class and schoolroom floors and passages in the Elementary Schools of the town, and the Committee have decided to adopt his suggestions, which are con¬ tained in the copy of his letter forwarded herewith. I shall be glad if you will kindly bring this matter before your Managers with a view to the necessary in¬ structions being given to the caretaker.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30276214_0096.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
