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Show SCHOOLS NOT FIT MHIM Dr. Clark of the State Sanitary Inspection Tells Grievous Griev-ous Tale, ASKS FOR MORE POWER TO COMPEL SANITATION Bad Conditions Detailed in Many Rural and Some City Schools. That the country school has not the comforts and the modern conveniences of tho latest cit3r educational building, every one realizes, but tho actual conditions con-ditions of some of tho poetical littlo red country school houses would not bo appreciated or .believed, according to State Sanitary Inspector Clark, unless one had accompanfed him on several of his recent tours of inspection in the rural districts. That the country child has a right to decent sanitary conditions condi-tions would be freely admitted by even tho most ardent urban dweller, but according ac-cording to Dr. Clark, that great heritage heri-tage 01 the country child, fresh air, is shut out from his enjoyment as surely as though locked in ,-jaiJ. Dr. Clark has visited school after school only to find one condition worse than the other. Jn many cases the school had been enlarged in tho most makeshift way, with little regard to tho health of the pupils, as i hough they were so many cattle. But while tho inspector might advise,, threaten and scold ho was powerless to holp conditions condi-tions or order thorn improved, and tho trustees of tho schools, the only ofli-cials ofli-cials who conld do anything, knowing his helplessness, wero servilely indifferent indiffer-ent to his complaints. The inspector did his best, under the circumstances; ho advised and suggested to the teacher, gave instructions how to air the room so as to give pupils as much ozono as possible. In some cases the. suggestions were received gladly; in others they were indifferently listened to. Thoso interested in the matter are making strenuous efforts to havn tho present legislature solve the problem and give tho country child equal rights in regard to health with the chihT of the pavements by putting into the hands of the State Board of-Health the authority author-ity to condemn and order improvements. This would mean a revolution in rural conditions. It is only because of tho excellent climatic conditions of Utah." declared the inspector, "that thero is not a greater amount of illness of various kinds m the country than now exists." And that it is not nocessarv to go very far away from homo to find things almost as bad, is proven by a condition existing in one of the ward schools in ball; Lake where children are said to ho huddled up against a radiator sizzling siz-zling hot, and broil and perspire until they reach tho cold air. Then their mothors wonder why Tommy and Jim-m3" Jim-m3" and Jane havo colds all winter J-ollnwing is the report, Dr. Clark has marie ot his recent investigations-One investigations-One of the greatest crlmos beirnr nor-petrated nor-petrated today Is that of ncgSce as regards the sanitation of schools Such negligence Is nothing less than ctlml a and should bo brought to tho no Pee of those who make our laws, that the con-tonTn1" con-tonTn1" b co"ed beforTlt "s o?iJaA- If we 88 'ndlvldiials could realize re-alize the great responsibility wo n"sumo when we undertake to provide build nJs for educational purposes, and co Id "00 the necessity of the strictest precautionary precaution-ary measures In order to prevent cvo trouble, susceptibility to li ne disc w and the dull, apathetic and sniS backward Intellect, wo would do all in SoLW t0 rnlso flie standard of our r?.,8, 0ne..,of pn?pc,r efficiency. .But, not until much damago has been done, aro we brought face to face with the cause, not until our chlldrci acoulre a defective vision or become infected with a lasting disease do we probe f the matter to the bottom, and at tompt to make amends, if tho children arc backward back-ward in school, there Is usually a rea-Shn rea-Shn fo' It othec than that of sttinidity They are. If we tako the trouble to in-rjulre, in-rjulre, kept In a close, poorly ventnated room, where thero Is not enough filth ?ror ,c" PUP". nncl where he,, are ,or ntty , PPils crowded toother they become Intoxicated by their own sary It is lo life that the C.02 clvon pfT by tho blood in the lungs to tbe inspired air shall be continuously dig! charged from the body, and wc know aL whatever other effects the Mmnur?--ties of the vitiated air may produce tho effect of undue C.02 In the Air Is to ln- prefere with the function of rospi'S-t,."-. 11 therefore follows thnt I ho ah-which ah-which we breathe must he as free as possible from the Impurities which wo continually d Isc bare. .1,1,1 ni, . s ant dilution of them by a constant supply sup-ply of fresh air Is this possible. An. proximately speaking, each pupil in a school room should receive at least 300 cubic feet of air space, and the rooms should be aired at least three or fo r times a day The windows should be arge and numerous, and according to h2,res"ni?esi of 'Herein nuthorftles? their combiner! area should enual f.om a tenth to a fourth of lhe floor area? How poorly our schools follow this standard of requirement has been ex-emplined ex-emplined time and time again in my tours of Inspection throughout tho various vari-ous portions of tho Stat.;. I have em-S'ec2 em-S'ec2 a wrts and conditions P?,f schools. A row camo up to the standard of requirement, but. the vast majorflv am overcrowded. In ono of the larger towns of our State. I found the garret and basement of the main building occupied; oc-cupied; all the rooms were overcrowded ut those wero especially so, and tho light was Insufficient, the pupils be nS obliged to bend over their work in order or-der lo see at all. 1 01 Is'ea- the main building of tha ohi an old dwelling house had been put K sen-Ice and used for the school rooms" one of the rooms Is 15x20x0, and is nn-cupfecl nn-cupfecl by thirty-one pupils, giving fD each pupil less than 30 cubic feet of tl? space, about 3-10 of that required To other room measured 15x27x9 and ac-commpdated ac-commpdated forty pupils, allowing each pupil about 3-10 of the requisite amount of air space. In both of these roomi the light was very poor, being fttrnffil by two windows to' the room. In some of the schools ylslted the odors were so foul that I could not stay more than a few minutes in each room. Jlilnv ,r tho pupils milk cows and take care nf horses, and then come to school Ann can readily Imagine the mixture of th2 already fouled air with those dlsar-rM able odors. The cellars of nmnj - schools are knee deep with water, a condition at once dangerous and a menace to ho health of the pupils Proper dra?naSS would do away with sucl (Ilffici iues and could be put In at verv littl" ex: pense. These and many otliers Just as bad. are the conditions confronting us today. What we need Is proper legislation legisla-tion to give us tho proper authorlfv to die ate. to the loss experienced Jr. such matters, what they must do and how to do it. We must be dlctatorl I until t,2 mass Is so educated that they can pro -it and care for themselves. p |