The use of shower baths in schools in England and on the Continent / by Frederick Rose.

  • Rose, Frederick.
Date:
1906
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Credit: The use of shower baths in schools in England and on the Continent / by Frederick Rose. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Dripping-boards should not bo us<hI to cover the Hoors of the dressing-rooms, becausc‘ they accumulate dirt and gradually decay, giving ol! a mouldy odour. The floors should not be of cement, which is too cold for the feet, and, from its grey colour does not show dirt, but of some com])Osition of sawdust and mineral, of which sev'eral exist ; they should also be ribbed to ])revent sli]>])ing. A specially ])re]>ared kind of linoleum could be used for ]>art of the flooring ]>rin- cipally trodden u])on by the children. I have seen linoleum in German baths which has been us(‘d for five years without deterioration. The walls should be covered with white glazed tiles from floor to ceiling. If se])arate douching cells are installed they must be of marble, white glazed tiles, or very thickly enamelled iron. Zinc or ]>ainted iron divisions must be strictly avoided. Xo sharp edges and ])rojecting corners must be allowed ; everything must be rounded, and every ])recaution devised against sli])ping. (freat care must also be taken to ])revent the children con- tiacting a chill during the bathing operations. Good ventila- tion must be eifected without unnecessary draught, and the children’s clothes in the dressing-rooms must b(* kej)t dry. A small ante-room or convenient ])assage must be ])i*o\ided where the children, after bathing at a centre on a cold day, can remain, before leaving, for about five minutes, at a tem- ])erature between that of the dressing-room and the outsidt* air. Small offices will also be necessary. It is also of the greatest im]>ortance that the ])resence of vermin should be rendered ini])ossible within the ])recincts of the bathing ])remises by careful choice of building materials, the greatest ])ossible avoidance of seams, crevices, corners, and crannies in the internal e(pii])inent, and by thorough daily flushing and washing of the bathing and dressing-rooms. Wludher it will b(‘ nec(‘ssarv or feasible to include a])])aratus for the st(“rilisation of particularly verminous clothing is a (jU(‘stion for future consid(‘ration. The use of the shower baths should not be com])ulsorv in any way. They should be n'garded by the chihlren as a benefit and a |)leasure, and those childrtm who do not wish to participate should not be allowed to feel that they are mon* wanting in the ])rincipl(‘s of bodily ch'anliness thaii thos<‘ who (‘l(‘ct to bath(‘. It would be advisabh' to (‘xclude infants and many cliildren who are sulbu ing from dis(‘as(‘ (U* whos(‘ ium vous syst(‘m is unable to Ix'ar th(‘ stimulative' (‘ift'ct of hot and cold wat(‘r. Spe'cial can' should lx* (h'voti'd to those* e’hilelre'U whe) an* lame* or who sulT(*r from some* malforjuatie>n e»f the beuly
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