A code of rules for the prevention of infectious & contagious diseases in schools / the Medical Officers of Schools Association.

  • Medical Officers of Schools Association.
Date:
1899
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Credit: A code of rules for the prevention of infectious & contagious diseases in schools / the Medical Officers of Schools Association. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECTION 11. THE INFIRMARY & THE SANATORIUM. VII. Infirmary. A large school should infirmary. possess a good detached Infirmary, to which cases of illness should be sent, and in which infectious cases can be isolated. It should be large enough to provide ample accommodation, with sufficient cubic spacef and good ventilation. Whatever the construction and arrangements may- be,;]; it is of the utmost importance that the infectious ivards (with nurses' apartments, bath, lavatory, and small kitchen) be isolated as far as possible from the rest of the building. VIII. Sanatorium.—Whenever practic-s eparate 1111 1 M 1 /o building for able, there should be a separate buildmg (Sana- infectious- , , . ^ . f . 1. diseases. torium) tor mtectious diseases. * Unless a Sanatorium exists for the reception of cases of infectious illness. — Fi</« VIII., infra. f Not less than 1,500 cubic feet for each infectious case, and not less than 1,000 cubic feet for each non-infectious case, with corresponding floor space.—Vide The Construction and Maintenance of School Infirmaries and Sanatoria, p. ig (/j) for Infirmarj-, and p. 39 for Infectious Wards, and Sanatorium, with its footnote. \ Vide The Construction and Maintenance of School Infirmaries and Sanatoria ; and The Arrangement and Construction of School Sanatoria, issued by the Association. B