SCHOOL FOR DEAF

Evening Star, Issue 25770, 17 April 1946, Page 9

SCHOOL FOR DEAF

SANITARY FITTINGS FILTHY INSPECTOR'S CONDEMNATION (P.A.) CHIIISTOHUTICH, April IU. " The sanitary fittings* on tiie exterior of the building were filthy, and 1 regret to say that 1 have never seen any institution in such a disgraceful sanitary state," said the chief city inspecor, Mr J. \V. Huggins, in a letter to the principal ot the School for the Deaf at Sumner, a copy of which was sent to tiie Christchurch Drainage Board. The board, after hearing the lettei read this evening, decided to send a copy of it, and a copy of a report to be obtained from ite inspector, to the member of Parliament for the district, Mr T. H. McCombs, with a request for him to take the matter up witli the appropriate authorities. In his letter Mr Huggins said that he had made an inspection of the school because of the incidence of scarlet fever. He had asked the principal for immediate attention to the defects he had discovered and for some assurance that a repetition was not likely. The interiors, of the school buildings reflected credit on the staff. Describing the water closet blocks, Mr Huggins said they were the worst he had ever seen. One closet was not functioning because the cistern was defective, another was blocked with sewage to rim level, and the blockage from a third had been removed and left lying on the floor. It was not his responsibility to apportion the blame, but his impression was that, while the shortage 'of labour might have been one of the difficulties, supervision appeared to be entirely lacking.