Dear Sir, - I beg to submit the first report on "School Hygiene" in
British Columbia, being the year 1911. In considering the report, indulgence is asked. The Province is large and schools are
located where medical inspection is difficult to secure. Of the 538 schools in the Province,
Health Inspectors have been appointed to 304, and reports have been received
from 145, showing the number of pupils examined to be
24,376.
The school health inspection year began on January 1st and ended on
December 31st. On your
order, in future the year will begin on September 1st and end on
June 30th.
Accordingly, all subsequent reports will be issued for the prescribed
school year.
Under the system at present in force, a report of disease or aliment
observed is made to the parent or guardian, with a request that the child be
taken to a physician or dentist.
The report "forms" do not require returns of work done in this
direction, but, with your concurrence, we hope in future to ask for and
publish statistics of disease present in our schools, such as: Specific
infectious disease; disease of teeth, ear, eye, skin; miscellaneous
diseases.
Such a general statement will, it is hoped, rouse practical interest
among responsible guardians.
Today it is the accepted principle that the educationist and hygienist
must work hand-in-hand. Professor Murray Butler says: "The most grievous
single obstacle in the way of the spread of sound educational principles is
the popular view that the essentials of education are limited to instruction
in reading, writing and arithmetic."
Such a statement needs no further amplification. All authorities are now agreed, and it
is a matter of every-day observation, that in youthful individuals the
physical aspect requires an equal amount of attention with the mental and
spiritual.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your
obedient servant,
C. J. FAGAN
Secretary.
ALBERNI,
NEW
Port Alberni, January 31st,
1912.
C.
J. Fagan, Esq, M.D.,
Secretary, Provincial Board of Health.
Dear Sir.,- I have to report that, after my appointment as School
Health Inspector in June last, I visited the Port Alberni School and examined
all the scholars according to the lines laid down on the health cards, and
noted their condition on the cards.
The health of the scholars was very satisfactory, with the exception of
one or two mild cases of impetigo.
There was no difficulty or objection taken to the
examination.
During the last term I have had to visit the school on two or three
occasions in connection with an outbreak of chicken-pox and on account of
complaints of pediculi capitis.
In connection with the latter, I closed the school for two days for the
parents to get the children's heads clean, and to impress upon the parents the
need for cleanliness.
The report s to the state of the school buildings is enclosed. The water-closets were thoroughly
cleaned out according to my suggestion.
Yours faithfully,
C. T.
Hilton.
I beg leave to advise you that I have carefully examined the school
buildings, playground, sanitary conditions. etc. of Port Alberni School, and
beg to report as follows-
Environment of School: Satisfactory.
Building, general description: Wooden, plastered internally; one class
room, 22 by 27 feet; one entrance hall, 22 by 6
feet.
Sanitation, number of water closets: Two; brick-lined pits. Very offensive; I should have a bushel
of lime (quick) put in each and filled up. Must on no account be used another
term present condition.
Window lighting: South-side window area, 48 square feet; north-side
window area, 96 square feet.
Heating: Stove.
Ventilation: Two doors at east end; windows north and south sides; top
ventilation in roof (always open).
Desks, seating, etc.: Seven single desks; twenty-one double desks; all
seats have backs.
Number of classrooms: One.
Number of Children in each room:
Forty-six.
Cubic air space in each room: 7,128 cubic
feet.
General remarks: School is now too small for average attendance, and
there is not cubic air space enough for each child. Adequate ventilation can only be
secured by creation of a too great draught. Water-closets must be attended to at
once, and must be changed before next term, if school is not rebuilt
elsewhere. Light and desks are satisfactory.
C. T. Hilton
School Health
Inspector
CEDAR, EAST
East Cedar, February
1st, 1912.
Dr.
C. J. Fagan
Secretary, Provincial Board of Health
Dear
Sir, - As teacher of East Cedar School during the year 1911, I had the pupils'
parents fill in form A1 for each child attending this
school.
On Form A, I copied from each Form A1 the information from
parents. Also, on each Form A,
filled in teacher's record of each pupil.
As
Health Inspector, I examined each pupil carefully, and were very healthy; no
complaints whatever.
No pupil lost school through sickness all last year, which shows that
the children have very good health.
Faithfully yours,
Harriet Nicholson.
To
the Board of School Trustees, East Cedar School:
I beg leave to advise you that I have carefully examined the school
buildings, playgrounds, sanitary conditions, etc., of East Cedar School, and
beg to report as follows: -
Environment of school: The
school is situated in a quiet and pleasant place. Chiefly fir tress and small bushes
surround the land belonging to the school.
Building general description:
A one-room red wooden building, 18 by 23 by 12 feet. At the front of the building is a
hallway with two doors leading into the main room; ceiling and top half of
walls plastered; six windows.
Sanitation: Two buildings
situated a suitable distance from school-house; one for boys, one for
girls. No
water-closets.
Window lighting: Very good; two windows at the back of room, two on
left, and two on right of building.
Heating: A wood-heater situated in the middle of the room. Warms all parts of the room very
well.
Ventilation: Very good.
Roof ventilator, doors and window used s
well.
Desks, seating, etc.:
Eleven desks, double, seating comfortably twenty-two
children.
Number of class rooms: one
Number of children: twenty-one children.
Cubic air-space in each room: 5,184 cubic
feet.
Harriet
Nicholson
School Health Inspector
CEDAR, SOUTH
Nanaimo, January 29th, 1912.
To
the Board of Trustees, South Cedar School:
I beg leave to advise you that I have carefully examined the school
buildings, playgrounds, sanitary conditions, etc., of South Cedar School and
beg to report as follows: -
Environment
of school: Site high and dry;
drainage good; playground sufficient.
Building general description:
Wooden, one story, cottage roof.
Sanitation: Two
water-closets, separate, accommodating four each. These should be disinfected from time
to time with chloride lime.
Window lighting: Good,
eight windows.
Heating: Stove in middle
of room.
Ventilation: Windows and
shaft through centre of roof.
Desks, seating, etc.: Twenty-two double desks; each pupil has separate
seat.
Number of classrooms:
One.
Number of Children:
Twenty-four.
Cubic air-space in each room: about 10,000 cubic
feet.
General remarks: I have, in addition, examined the health of the pupils
and reported as per forms supplied by the
Department.
L. J. O'Brien,
School Health
Inspector
COWICHAN, SOUTH
January 29th, 1912.
The
Provincial Board of Health, Victoria.
I beg leave to advise you that I have carefully examined the school
buildings, playgrounds, sanitary conditions, etc., of South Cowichan School,
and beg to report as follows:-
Environment of school: The school stands in a one-acre plot of land;
aspect open towards south and west, and sheltered by rising ground and trees
on the north and east.
Building, general description:
Building is constructed of wood, with shingle roof. Internal
measurements, 33 feet in length, 29 feet 6 inches wide, and 12 feet high to
ceiling. This space is divided
into a vestibule 5 feet by 19 feet 6inches, and the school-room 28 feet by 19
feet 6 inches.
Sanitation: A building
erected last year in the school-grounds contains four water-closets, two for
boys and two for girls, at opposite sides of the building and separated by a
central wood-shed.
Window lighting: There are
six windows, each measuring 5 feet 6 inches by 2 feet 6 inches, giving a total
window area of 82.5 square feet, which is over on-sixth
floor-space.
Heating: There is one
stove in centre of school-room, with flue passing beneath ceiling to chimney
at north end.
Ventilation: There is no
special system of ventilation other than open windows; there is an opening in
ceiling, but no ventilator on roof.
Desks: There are
twenty-four double-seated desks to accommodate forty-eight pupils. The seats
and desks are all one size, and in good
condition.
Number of classrooms:
One.
Number of children:
Forty-one pupils.
Cubic air space: The
cubic-air space of school-room is 6.552 cubic feet, or 156 cubic feet per head
for forty-one pupils and one teacher.
These measurements do not make allowances for
furniture.
General remarks: During
the past year I examined forty-five pupils (22 boys and 23 girls). Their health during the year has been
good, and there has been no serious infectious illness. I found some of the children
"short-sighted". Some are
provided with suitable glasses, but others are not, and are using their eyes
to their detriment. Fifteen
pupils attending school have not been vaccinated.
I do not consider the cubic air-space of the school-room to be
sufficient for forty-two persons (156 cubic feet per head). Although the London School Board
allows a minimum of 130 cubic feet per head, circumstances are different here,
where a stove is used for heating with no special system of ventilation. I would suggest, under the
circumstances, that 200 cubic feet per head would be a better allowance. This would mean that the present
school room is only sufficient for 33 persons. I would suggest an additional
classroom be added to the present building or the school room be
enlarged. I would also suggest
that a water supply be brought by pipe to the school, and that there be a wash
basin placed in the vestibule; also that a sufficient number of hat and coat
pegs be provided, each pupil to be allotted a separate numbered peg for his or
her own use.
Arthur
G. Price, M.D.
School Health
Inspector
ESQUIMALT
C.
J. Fagan, Esq., M.D.,
Provincial Health officer, Victoria
B.C.
Sir-
I beg to submit the following report on the medical inspection of Esquimalt
School:-
Total number examined, 235. Nutrition -Good, 232; fair, 3.
Mentality-Good, 231; fair, 4. Pulmonary disease, 2. Skin disease, 2. Vision-
normal, 225; defective, 10. Hearing- Normal, 234; defective, 1. Defect of
nasal breathing, 1. Teeth- Irregular, 6; bad, 49. Hypertrophied tonsils, 50.
Enlarged glands, 1. Infectious diseases- Nits,
16.
Diseases during year: Varicella, 3; measles, 22; pertussis, 16;
influenza, 2; articular rheumatism, 1; dysentery, 1; mumps 2; diphtheria, 1;
infantile paralysis, 1; traumatic atrophy, 1.
H. Rundle Nelson, M.D.
School Health
Inspector
GLENORA
"Halsar," Glenora, Duncan, February 3rd,
1912.
The
Secretary, Provincial Board of Health.
Sir- I have the honour to endorse the report of the Health Officer for
Glenora School, and to state that his recommendations with regard to the
latrines, etc., will be attended to forthwith.
I have, etc.,
H. F. D. Stephens,
Secretary to Board of
Trustees
February 1st 1912.
To
the Board of School Trustees, Glenora School:
I
beg leave to advise you that I have carefully examined the school buildings,
playgrounds, sanitary conditions, etc., of Glenora School, and beg to report
as follows:-
Environment: Situated on a hill on the side of the road in a clearing
about 100 yards square.
Building: Frame building, plastered on
inside.
Sanitation: Two closets, one for boys and one for girls, consisting of
four seats each, over two concrete tanks.
Window Lighting: Five windows, twelve panes 18 by 12 inches each,
facing south-west; all windows on one side.
Heating: Box stove.
Ventilation: Three ventilators close to ceiling, with trap-door covers,
on east side; also grating ventilator in ceiling.
Desks: Thirty desks, single.
Number of class-rooms: One.
Number of children: sixteen.
Cubic air-space in each room: 8,736 cubic
feet.
General remarks: The concrete closet-tanks require some disinfectant,
and should be emptied by pumping out, and a wire grating fitted to prevent
children falling in, as might happen at present. The school is in a healthy
situation. Some of the pupils have been unable to attend on account of
whooping-cough; otherwise the school has been free from infectious
disease.
C.M. Rolston M.D.,
School Health
Inspector
LADYSMITH
Chemainus, B.C., February 5th,
1912.
Dr.
C.J. Fagan, Victoria B.C.
Dear
Sir - As requested by yours of January 25th, I will give you a
short report of my work as a School Inspector in Ladysmith during the past
year.
I carefully inspected the school buildings, grounds, teachers, and
about three-quarters of the pupils (my year not being up when I was compelled
to resign owing to a change in residence). The buildings I found in good sanitary
condition, being well lighted, heated, and ventilated. The seats and blackboards were also
good, and there is no overcrowding, the average number of pupils in each room
being about forty to forty-five.
The total attendance is about 450 pupils, with eleven
teachers.
Up to the present the closets and urinals have no sewer connection, but
modern up-to-date water-closets and urinals are on their way from England, and
will be installed shortly.
Otherwise the sanitation of the school is very good, the location of
the school being high and dry and the grounds are
large.
The general health of the teachers is in each case good, as is also
that of the pupils examined by me (about 300). I did not find a single case of
tuberculosis or other infectious disease. Carious teeth, enlarged tonsils and
adenoids, and slight errors of refraction and defects of hearing were the
commonest disorders discovered, in order mentioned. In each case the parents
were advised of the child's defect, and in many, though in not all, these
disorders were remedied as far as possible. Of course, there were also a few cases
of other diseases, as chlorosis, heart disease, some skin-diseases, and a few
deformities, as club-feet, bow-legs, etc. These also received medical treatment
when necessary.
From a medical standpoint, the condition of the Ladysmith School is
very good.
Trusting that this will be satisfactory, I
remain,
Yours respectfully,
W. T. Ewing.
MOUNTAIN
East Wellington, September 25th,
1911
To
the Board of School Trustees, Mountain School:
I beg leave to advise you that I have carefully examined the school
buildings, playground, sanitary conditions, etc., of Mountain School, and beg
to report as follows:-
Environment of School: Good.
Building: Good.
Sanitation, number of water-closets: Two.
Window lighting: Good.
Heating: Satisfactory; fire needed now.
Ventilation: Good.
Desks: Good.
Number of classrooms: One.
Number of children: Twenty.
L. J. O'Brien,
School Health
Inspector.
OAK BAY
Victoria, B.C. January 19th,
1912.
C.
J. Fagan, Esq.,
Provincial Health Officer, Victoria, B.C.
Sir-
I beg to submit the following report on the medical inspection of Oak Bay
School: -
Total number examined, 153. Nutrition-Good, 147; fair, 3.
Mentality-Good, 145; fair, 6; poor, 2. Vision-Normal,147; defective, 6.
Hearing- Normal, 151; defective, 2. Defect of nasal breathing, 3. Teeth -
Irregular, 1; bad, 28. Hypertrophied tonsils, 30. Adenoids, 1. Enlarged
glands, 5. Goitre, 1. Infectious diseases- Nits,
15.
Diseases during year: Varicella, 2; measles, 2; pertussis,
3.
I have found the cards of warning to parents relative to defective
conditions in their children fairly well attended to, especially in the case
of defective eyes.
I have, etc.,
H. Rundle Nelson, M.D.
Medical School Inspector, Oak Bay
Municipality, Victoria
January 29th, 1912.
To
the Board of Trustees, Oak Bay School:
I
beg leave to advise you that I have carefully examined the school buildings,
playgrounds, sanitary conditions, etc., of Oak Bay School, and beg to report
as follows: -
Environment
of School: Good open space, healthy district, gravel subsoil; grounds well and
suitably laid out.
Building:
Wood with plaster inside; large basement and very large room in second
story.
Sanitation:
Seven water-closets and three urinals.
Window
lighting: Large windows, quite sufficient for each
room.
Heating:
Hot air furnace.
Ventilation:
In upper room by windows and ceiling ventilation; other rooms by large
windows; good.
Desks:
Ample in number, well constructed, and well placed for light,
etc.
Number
of class-rooms: Five
Number
of children in each room: I., 35; II. 41; III., 31; IV., 37 ; V.,
45.
Cubic
air-space in each room: I., 9,360 cubic feet; II. 11,044 cubic feet; III.,
8,904 cubic feet; IV., 11350; V., 19,968 cubic
feet.
General
remarks: The school is thoroughly satisfactory in every way now, the hot-air
furnace having been set right and no smoke is now leaking from it. The cubic
air-space per pupil is good, but in most cases just below
requirements.
H.
Rundle Nelson,
School
Health Inspector
SAANICH
C.
J. Fagan, Esq., M.D.,
Provincial Health Officer, Victoria, B.C.
Sir- I beg to submit the following report on the medical inspection of
Tolmie School South Saanich:-
Total number examined, 157. Nutrition- Good, 150; fair, 6; poor, 1.
Mentality- Good, 152; fair, 5. Chorea, 1. Pulmonary disease, 1. Skin-disease,
2. Vision- Normal, 146; defective, 11. Hearing - Normal, 157. Teeth -
Irregular, 2; bad, 13. Hypertrophied tonsils, 22. Adenoids, 1. Defect of
spine, chest, or extremities, 2. Enlarged glands, 2. Infectious diseases-
Nits, 32.
Diseases during year: Varicell, 1; measles, 22; pertussis, 11;
diptheria, 5; dysentery, 3; tonsillitis, 4; pleurisy, 1; anemia, 1; infantile
paralysis, 2.
H. Rundle Nelson, M.D.
February
5th, 1912.
To
the Board of school Trustees, Saanich Schools:
I beg leave to advise you that I have carefully examined the school
buildings, playgrounds, sanitary conditions, etc., of Tolmie School, and beg
to report as follows: -
Environment: Open space on side of hill; clay subsoil, rather
wet.
Building: Single-story wood; basement
(old).
Sanitation: Dry closets, ten.
Window lighting: Large and well placed, all
opening.
Heating: Stoves in rooms.
Ventilation: Good, by windows.
Desks: Wooden desks for each pupil.
Number of class-rooms: Three and one temporary room; at present a large
parochial hall is in use.
Number of children in each room: I., 35; II. 35; III., 40; IV.,
40.
Cubic air space in each room: I., 7,560 cubic feet; II. 6,948 cubic
feet; III., 5,544 cubic feet.
General remarks: Cubic air-space per child is below the average
required, but has been greatly improved lately by use of extra temporary
hall.
H. Rundle Nelson, M.D.
School Health
Inspector
SOOKE
Report
on Inspection of Schools for Sooke and Adjoining Districts- Colwood,
Goldstream, Metchosin, Rocky Point, Otter Point, Sooke Way, and
Highland.
Victoria B.C., June 30th, 1911.
The
Secretary, Provincial Board of Health:
Sir- I have the honour to report that, in accordance with the "Public
Schools Act," I have visited all schools in the district, most of them several
times, and examined all children attending.
This
section contains eight schools, one of which (east Sooke) is closed. There are no very poor persons in the
area, and, as it is very thinly settled, the sanitary conditions are good, so
very little disease was found among the children, who, without exception, were
well nourished.
The
situation of the school buildings is in all cases good. They re usually some distance from any
other habitation, but the buildings themselves could be much improved upon,
particularly in regard to ventilation and lighting. The cubic air-space per pupil appears
in some cases to be too low, but as there is no standard laid down in the Act,
or elsewhere, I could not recommend any change to the trustees. I would recommend a minimum of, say,
300 cubic feet per inmate.
Water is usually brought from some farm or stream, and nothing
objectionable was found. The
ordinary country privy was usually used.
Some form of dry-earth closet might be substituted with
advantage.
This being the first year of inspection, I found that the methods and
purposes of the inspection were not very well understood by either the
trustees, the teachers, or the parents, but there will not be the same
difficulty in the future.
Appended is a list of the pupils examined and of the disease, or
disabilities noted.
I have, etc.,
Edward C. Hart, M.D.
Colwood School - Number
of pupils examined, 26. Disabilities - Adenoids, 1; defective teeth,
5.
Goldstream School -
Number of pupils examined, 11. Disabilities - Defective
teeth,1.
Metchosin School -
Number of pupils examined, 6. Disabilities- Adenoids, 1; Defective Teeth, 1.
Whooping-cough prevalent in this school.
Rocky Point School -
Number of pupils examined, 8. Disabilities - Defective teeth,
1.
Otter Point School -
Number of pupils examined, 15. Disabilities -
None.
Sooke School - Number of
pupils examined, 18. Disabilities - Adenoids, 2; defective teeth,
1.
Highland School - Number
of pupils examined, 9. Disabilities - Myopia, 1; adenoids, 1; defective teeth,
1.
June 5th, 1911.
To the Board of School Trustees, Sooke
School:
I beg leave to advise you that I have carefully examined the school
buildings, playground, sanitary conditions, etc., of Sooke School, and beg to
report as follows: -
Environment: Good.
Building: One-story wood, with ceiling.
Sanitation, number of water-closets: Two;
fair.
Window lighting: Fair.
Heating: Good.
Ventilation: Fair.
Desks, seating, etc.: Bad; new ones
promised.
Number of classrooms: One
Number of children in each room: Twenty-five on roll; attendance
eighteen.
Cubic air-space in each room: 5,940 cubic feet; 330 cubic feet per
unit.
Edward C. Hart,
School Health
Inspector
UCLUELET
Ucluelet, B.C., February 6th,
1912.
Dear Sir - In my capacity of Medical Inspector, I have the honour to
report to you that I have during year 1911 examined Ucluelet Public School,
taking note of conditions prevailing there, and inspecting, individually, the
pupils attending the school. The
health of scholars was and is good.
One had tendency to adenoids; case has been treated. School quite detached from other
houses; situated on rising ground near beach; wooden building, with eight
good-sized windows. Room heated
by stove. The ventilation is
attended by opening tops of some of the windows. Separate desks. Only one room; twelve pupils in
all. Cubic space, 6,480
feet. Separate
water-closets.
I have, etc.,
Charles McLean.
June 1911.
To
the Board of Schools Trustees, Ucluelet School:
I beg leave to advise you that I have carefully examined the school
buildings, playground, sanitary conditions, etc., of Ucluelet School, and beg
to report as follows:-
Environment: Quite detached; situated on rising ground near beach
facing the bay.
Building: Wooden building; in good repair.
Sanitation: Two water-closets.
Window lighting: Lighting especially good; eight
windows.
Heating: Warmed by stove.
Ventilation: Ventilation attended to by opening some
windows.
Desks, seating, etc.: Desk and seating arrangements
satisfactory.
Number of class-rooms: One room for all
purposes.
Number of children in each room: Twelve pupils in
all.
Cubic air-space in each room: 6,480 feet.
Charles MacLean,
School Health
Inspector
VICTORIA
Victoria, B.C., February 27th,
1912.
Dr.
Fagan,
Provincial Health Officer, Victoria, B.C.
Dear Sir - I beg to make the following report on the conditions and
health of the public schools of the City of Victoria for the year ended
December 31st, 1912. -
The general health of teachers and pupils for the year 1911 has been
excellent, notwithstanding the fact that many of the schools were overcrowded
owing to the large number of new residents who have come to the city during
the year. While there have been
quite a number of cases of measles, scarlet fever, chicken pox, and mumps,
none of them have assumed epidemic form.
Hence, it has not been necessary to close the
schools.
Prompt report of suspicious cases on the part of teachers has done much
to prevent spread of disease among the children. An increasing number of parents are
following up the advice of the Medical Inspector by having their children's
eyes, ears, teeth, and throats attended to; but there are still a large number
who fail to heed the advice given.
There is a big field for a school nurse to follow up these cases and
see that the parents give proper attention to
them.
The condition of the various schools will be found in Form C herewith
handed you.
Yours truly,
M. Raynor,
School Medical
Officer
February 27th, 1912.
To
the Board of School Trustees, Victoria
Schools:
I
beg leave to advise you that I have carefully examined the school buildings,
playground, sanitary condition, etc., of Bank Street School, and beg to report
as follows:-
Environment: Good, residential.
Building: Concrete basement; brick superstructure; slow-burning
construction of floors and partitions.
Sanitation: Modern; fourteen Clows Cymric seat-action closets;
porcelain urinals for the boys.
Window lighting: Good; plenty of light.
Heating: Hot air.
Ventilation: Mechanical; by electric-driven
fan.
Desks, seating, etc.: All seated with single
desks.
Number of class-rooms: Four.
Number of children in each room: Forty-one
average.
Cubic air-space in each room: 10,000 cubic
feet.
M.
Raynor,
School Health
Inspector
February 27th, 1912.
To
the Board of School Trustees, Victoria Schools:
I beg leave to advise you that I have carefully examined the school
buildings, playgrounds, sanitary conditions, etc., of Victoria High School,
and beg to report as follows: -
Environment: Good; residential.
Building: Brick with McGill Annex of wood; two annex of
wood.
Sanitation: Boys, slate urinal, four seat-action flush toilets; girls,
six seat-action flush toilets; one ladies toilet upstairs; one gentlemen's
toilet upstairs.
Window lighting: Good
Heating: Hot water, direct radiation.
Ventilation: Natural, with Boyle's air intake- i.e., no forced air by
fans.
Desks: All single desks.
Number of class-rooms: Seventeen.
Number of children in each room: Twenty-three
average.
Cubic air-space in each room: 11,500 cubic
feet.
M. Raynor,
School Health
Inspector
February
27th, 1912.
To
the Board of School Trustees, Victoria Schools:
I beg leave to advise you that I have carefully examined the school
buildings, playground, sanitary conditions, etc., of Boys' Central School, and
beg to report as follows: -
Environment: Good; residential.
Building: Brick; shingled roofs.
Sanitation: Trough system of closets, with two sets of eight seats and
three 6-foot enamelled urinals.
Window lighting: Good generally; one or two rooms are darker than they
should be.
Heating: Steam.
Ventilation: Natural; no forced air by fans; ventilated by windows and
doors only.
Desks: Three rooms single desks; eight rooms double
desks.
Number of class-rooms: Eleven and separate frame building for manual
training room.
Number of children in each room: Forty-eight
average.
Cubic air-space: 12,000 cubic feet.
General remarks: Lavatories are in separate brick
building.
M. Raynor.
School Health
Inspector
February 27th, 1912.
To
the Board of School Trustees, Victoria
Schools:
I
beg leave to advise you that I have carefully examined the school buildings,
playgrounds, sanitary conditions, etc., of Girls' Central School, and beg to
report as follows: -
Environment: Good; residential.
Building: Brick, with shingled roof.
Sanitation:
Sixteen seats in two sets of eight; trough system; and two teachers'
toilets.
Window lighting: Good.
Heating: Steam; direct radiation.
Ventilation: Natural; no mechanical.
Desks: Three rooms single desks; six rooms double
desks.
Number of class-rooms: Nine, with separate room for household science
(of wood).
Number of children in each room: Forty-four
average.
Cubic air-space in each room: 12,000 cubic
feet.
General remarks: Lavatories are in outside brick building.
M. Raynor,
School Health
Inspector
February 27th, 1912.
To
the Board of School Trustees, Victoria Schools:
I beg leave to advise you I have carefully examined the school
buildings, playgrounds, sanitary conditions, etc., of George Jay School, and
beg to report as follows: -
Environment: Good; residential.
Building: Fireproof construction, with brick veneer
finish.
Sanitation: Nine Kelly closets, white porcelain urinals, for boys;
fourteen Kelly closets for girls; four Kelly closets upstairs for teaching
staff.
Window lighting: Good.
Heating: Hot air over steam-coils, and through cold-water washer -
i.e., blower system.
Ventilation: Mechanical; by means of electric
fan.
Desks: Five rooms single desks; six rooms double
desks.
Number of class-rooms: Ten class-rooms, one domestic-science room, one
manual training building, main building; also assembly room, 40 by 60
feet.
Number of children in each room: Thirty-nine
average.
Cubic air-space in each room: 12,000 cubic
feet.
M. Raynor,
School Health
Inspector
February 27th, 1912
To
the Board of School Trustees, Victoria
Schools:
I
beg leave to advise you that I have carefully examined the school building,
playgrounds, sanitary conditions, etc., of Hillside School, and beg to report
as follows: -
Environment: Residential.
Building: Frame.
Sanitation: Six hopper and trap closets; enamelled-iron
urinal.
Window lighting: Good.
Heating: Stoves.
Ventilation: Natural- i.e., by windows and
doors.
Desks: Double desks.
Number of class-rooms: Three.
Number
of children in each room: Fifty-three.
Cubic air-space in each room: Average, 10,000 cubic
feet.
M. Raynor,
School Health
Inspector
February 27th, 1912.
To
the Board of School Trustees, Victoria Schools:
I beg leave to advise you that I have carefully examined the school
buildings, playgrounds, sanitary conditions, etc., of Kingston Street School,
and beg to report as follows: -
Environment: Residential.
Building: Frame construction.
Sanitation: Seven hopper and trap toilets; six seats to trough toilet;
two 4 1/2 foot enamelled iron urinals.
Window lighting: Good.
Heating: Coal and wood stoves.
Ventilation: Natural; no fan; by windows.
Desks: Double desks.
Number of class-rooms: Seven, five in main building and two in
annex.
Number of children in each room:
Thirty-nine.
Cubic air space in each room: Average, 11,000 cubic feet.
M. Raynor,
School Health
Inspector
February 27th, 1912.
To
the Board of School Trustees, Victoria
Schools:
I
beg to advise you that I have carefully examined the school buildings,
playgrounds, sanitary conditions, etc., of North Ward School, and beg to
report as follows:-
Environment: Residential.
Building: Brick, with brick annex.
Sanitation: Good; twelve Kelly closets, automatic; porcelain urinal for
boys.
Window lighting: Good generally; one room should have
more.
Heating: Steam; direct radiation.
Ventilation: Natural; no fan.
Desks: Six rooms seated with single desks; five rooms seated with
double desks.
Number of class-rooms: Nine in main building, and assembly-room and
manual-training room; two in annex.
Number of children in each room:
Forty-five.
Cubic air-space in each room: 10,000 cubic
feet.
M. Raynor,
School Health
Inspector
February 27th, 1912.
To
the Board of School Trustees, Victoria Schools:
I beg leave to advise you that I have carefully examined school
buildings, playgrounds, sanitary conditions, etc., of Rock Bay School, and beg
to report as follows: -
Environment: Factory district.
Building: Frame building, of wood.
Sanitation: Fairly good; six chain-pull hopper
toilets.
Window lighting: Might be improved; good on the
whole.
Heating: By coal-stoves.
Ventilation: Natural.
Desks: Double desks.
Number of classrooms: Two.
Number of children in each room: Thirty,
average.
Cubic air-space in each room: One room 5,500 cubic feet; one room
15,000 cubic feet.
M. Raynor,
School Health
Inspector
February 27th, 1912.
To
the Board of School Trustees, Victoria
Schools:
I
beg leave to advise you that I have carefully examined the school buildings,
playgrounds, sanitary conditions, etc., of Sir James Douglas School, and beg
to report the following: -
Environment: Good; residential.
Building: Brick, buff colour; floors of corridors fireproof
construction.
Sanitation: White porcelain urinals and eight Kelly automatic
seat-action closets for boys; twelve Kelly automatic seat-action toilets for
girls; two toilets upstairs for teaching staff.
Window lighting: Good.
Heating: Hot air over steam coils and through cold water washer- blower
system.
Ventilation: Mechanical; by means of electric
fan.
Desks: Three single desks; four double.
Number of class-rooms: Eight; seven only
occupied.
Number of children in each room: Thirty eight,
average.
Cubic air-space in each room: 10,850 cubic
feet.
M. Raynor,
School Health
Inspector
February 27th 1912.
To
the Board of School Trustees, Victoria Schools:
I beg to advise you that I have carefully examined the school
buildings, playgrounds, sanitary conditions, etc., of South Park School, and
beg to report as follows: -
Environment: Park and residential.
Building: Brick.
Sanitation: Twelve Crane seat action toilets; slate urinal for boys;
modern.
Window lighting: Good.
Heating: Hot air.
Ventilation: Smead Dow system; not mechanical; no
fan.
Desks: Four rooms single desks; four rooms double
desks.
Number of class-rooms: Eight class-rooms and assembly-room;
manual-training room in basement.
Number of children in each room: Thirty-eight,
average.
Cubic air-space in each room: 12,000 cubic
feet.
M. Raynor,
School Health
Inspector
February 27th, 1912.
To
the Board of School Trustees, Victoria
Schools:
I beg leave to advise you that I have carefully examined the school
buildings, playgrounds, sanitary conditions, etc., of Spring Ridge School, and
beg to report as follow: -
Environment: Residential.
Building: Frame.
Sanitation: Nine hopper and trap toilets; enamelled-iron
urinals.
Window lighting: Fairly good.
Heating: Stoves.
Ventilation: Natural; by windows and
doors.
Desks: Double desks.
Number of class-rooms: Four.
Number of children in each room: Forty-six,
average.
Cubic air-space in each room: Average 11,000 cubic
feet.
M. Raynor,
School Health
Inspector
February 27th, 1912.
To
the Board of School Trustees, Victoria Schools
I beg leave to advise you that I have carefully examined school
buildings, playgrounds, sanitary conditions, etc., of Victoria West School,
and beg to report as follows: -
Environment: Residential, but on side is
brewery.
Building: Brick, with manual-training
annex.
Sanitation: Fourteen Kelly automatic seat-action closets;
enamelled-iron urinals for the boys; modern.
Window lighting: Good.
Heating: Hot air.
Ventilation: Mechanical; by electric fan.
Desks: Six rooms single desks; four rooms double
desks.
Number of class-rooms: Ten and an
assembly-room.
Number of children in each room: Thirty-five
average.
Cubic air-space in each room: 11,000 cubic
feet.
M. Raynor,
School Health
Inspector.
Source: British Columbia. First Annual Report of the Medical Inspection of Schools, 1913.