Lighting In Schools
Sir,—A month ago, in this column, I asked why no survey of lighting conditions in primary schools had been carried out. I received no reply. Since then I have been interested to learn that extra wash-basins have been installed in at least two schools “to comply with Health Department regulations.” Apparently this body has not yet drawn up regulations for the preservation of the children’s sight. I am forced to conclude that it is the desire of the various authorities concerned with the control of elementary schools that when the young children move on to higher education they should resemble the majority of their elders in
being clean but blind. Standards are changing and education board architects should be informed that a single cenitrally-hung bulb is no longer held to give adequate illumination to a classroom some 24 feet square.—Yours, etc, CONCERNED PARENT, October 19, 1961.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29651, 23 October 1961, Page 3
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