Hints and suggestions on school architecture and hygiene : with plans and illustrations for the use of school trustees in Ontario / by J. George Hodgins.
- J. George Hodgins
- Date:
- 1886
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Hints and suggestions on school architecture and hygiene : with plans and illustrations for the use of school trustees in Ontario / by J. George Hodgins. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![47. The Committee of the Ontario Public School Teachers’ Association (Inspectors’ Section), to which the subject of school house construction was recently referred by the Minister of Education, reported as follows on this matter:— “Owing to the difficulty of getting [privies] cleaned, a deep pit, well ventilated, is preferred. See Mr. Inspector Fotheringham’s plan.” 48. Mr. Fotheringham’s “plan” is thus given, as follows:— “ From the almost universal neglect to clean the boxes and shallow cess-pools of privies, I am inclined to recommend the adoption of stone receptacles of five or six feet depth, with sloping seats at about 35° to 40° angle, with open space at the top of the seat leading into the open air through the roof or under the eaves. The decomposition at this depth is so gradual as to be much less offensive than from shallow receptacles. “ Privies are almost always too small, and seldom have urinals for. boys. Both defects are the chief causes of violations of propriety in their use.” 49. Dr. J. J. Wadsworth, Public School Inspector, County of Norfolk, in his remarks on this subject, says:— ‘ ‘ Boys’ privies should have board inclined over seats so as to prevent standing on them. [See Fig. 4, page 27.] If large there should be separate stalls in each privy. [See Fig. 9, page 29.] All privies should be masked by tight board fences.” 50. Mr. F. Burrows, Public School Inspector, Counties of Lennox and Addington, says:— ‘ ‘ These necessary buildings [privies] should be strongly made, and provided with ventilating chimneys. Any paint used on them should be mixed with coarse sand to prevent scribbling. To prevent the wetting of the seats urinals should be provided. The urinals might be placed within a board screen built around the privies.” t 51. Mr. J. McBrien, Public School Inspector, County of Ontario, says—• speaking of the projecting part of the pit, or vault—(see the New Bruns¬ wick plan, Fig. 8, page 28) :— 1 ‘ There should be an outside entrance to it, dug down, like an outside door to some cellars, with a track laid in it. A vessel constructed on wheels could be drawn up this once a week,” etc. 52. In regard to this suggestion, the work on Rural School Architecture authorized by the United States Commissioner of Education says (speak¬ ing of the dry earth closets):— 4 ‘ The vault may, with advantage, consist of light plank boxes on wheels, so as to be easily rolled out for emptying,” etc. Construction of Urinal for Boys. 53. All experienced writers on privy construction are agreed as to the necessity of urinals being provided for boys. A plan for them has been authorized by the New Brunswick Board of Education which might be](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30480449_0032.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
