SLATES IN SCHOOLS.
THEIR ABOLITION URGED
[press association.]
WELLINGTON, July 26. In a letter to the Wellington Education Board, the Chief Health Officer said that one of the great sources ci infection in schools was dust on the desks, on which the children • coughed or sneezed. It would make very greatly for the diminution of infectious diseases if slates were done away 'with, and "writing-pads substituted. The Board decided to obtain an estimate of the■■:<cost of supplying writ-ing-pads to the Schools.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 175, 26 July 1907, Page 8
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81SLATES IN SCHOOLS. Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 175, 26 July 1907, Page 8
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