Main entry:

Marble, Albert P. (Albert Prescott), 1836-1906.

Title & Author:

Sanitary conditions for schoolhouses / by Albert P. Marble ...

Publication:

Washington : Government Printing Office, 1891.

Description:

123 pages : illustrations, plans, plates ; 24 cm

Series:

Circular of information / Bureau of Education ; 1891, no. 3

Notes:
At head of title: Whole number 173.
Introduction -- I. Ventilation and heating -- Great need of attention to this subject -- Conditions vary -- Vitiated air -- Radiant heat -- Heating by stoves -- Hot-air furnaces -- The exhaust -- Best ventilation in a closed room -- Hot air, steam, and hot water -- The space and amount of air per minute per pupil -- II. Drainage and lavatories -- How to secure good drainage -- The dry closet -- The best methods of contruction and arrangement of fixtures -- III. Lighting -- How to secure proper lighting -- Care of the eyes -- IV. The growth of childrens as related to health and ability to study -- V. Conclusion.
Appendix I. Ventilation of schoolhouses heated by stoves -- Appendix II. The hygenic construction of the Bridgeport High School building -- Introduction -- Staircases -- Hat and cloak rooms -- Light -- Floor, and cubic feet of space allowed each pupil -- The water-closets and their construction -- Heat and ventilation -- Appendix III. Extract from report of Worcester (Mass.) schools for 1889 -- Appendix IV. Plans and specifications of schoolhouses -- Extract of circular issued in 1881 by / State Superintendent William C. Whitford, of Wisconsin -- Appendix V. Designs for schoolhouses [Reproduction of work issued July 1888, showing designs accepted by the department of public instruction of New York] -- Introduction -- Schoolhouse grounds -- School outbuildings -- Ventilation -- Light and eyesight -- Blackboards -- School desks -- Competitive plans for schoolhouses, to illustrated Appendix V.

Subject:

School hygiene.
School buildings.
Hygiène scolaire.
Constructions scolaires.
schools (buildings)
Public facilities.

Added entries:

United States. Bureau of Education.
United States. Bureau of Education. Circular of information ; 1891, no. 3.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 30167
Call No.: W8268; ID:88-B22
Status: Available