School hygiene and diseases incidental to school life / by Robert Farquharson.

Date:
1885
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: School hygiene and diseases incidental to school life / by Robert Farquharson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    joice in the cheerful red brick and picturesque design of more modern tenements, and who carry their views into practical effect by declining to stow away their household gods in the old-fashioned stucco- fronted erections. If our school cannot afford good stone it may well be content with brick, which is susceptible of a great variety of artistic treatment, and which affords very considerable scope both for originality of design and convenience of arrange- ment. Space being presumably not limited, the building need not be very high, as much wear and tear in running up and down stairs will thus be avoided, and the necessity for lifts, which occasion- ally get out of order and cause regrettable accidents, will be obviated, and it will also be unnecessary to have any basement floor, which is always a nuisance and inconvenience, serving as a hiding-place for much refuse matter, permeating the rest of the building with objectionable cooking odours, and con- demning the servants to a cheerless underground life. As an alternative in cramped localities, Dr. Richardson advises the kitchen to be placed at the top of the house, but in the country plenty of space can be found in an attached wing, connected with the dining-room by a covered way so that the food may arrive hot at its destination.