PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
to rat suitor or cue puss jsir,—May I suggest to the authorities controlling our public libraries that all parts of the buildings should he thoroughly ventilated and fumigated at frequent periods. In these distressful" "times, a Very much " larger number of citizens avail themselves o£
the v opportunity to- read the liberal supply. of " newspapers,, both .local and from oVerseas, and spend many-'hoprs each . week in the unsavoury atmosphere- of the public reading- room,often taking- great-' risks' "of "irifection from colds, etc.—Yours, etc., . „..
.. . CONSTANT READER. June loth, 1932.
P 'Every possible " -precaution"' *-i* stated Mr E. J. Bell, librarian at the Christchurch Public Library, when--this letter was referred to him last evolving 1 . "We do oufbest in th® . matter of ventilation, and in . every room at least one jwindow is atoray* open. The difficulty is ,toat..Ye - cannot please everybody, for while oti&'persoif wants 'windows open, - : another wants them, shut, The rooms are washed out with-disinfectant-each week, and re- *; cently all the books were rentoved from r . the shelves,., dusted and cleaned, and -the shelves' were washed with 'disjji- ' fectant. '■']
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20574, 16 June 1932, Page 7
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