Improvements
lo sanitation.
Water supply.
Ablutions.
Refreshment places.
Cleaning and colour washing.
Furniture and equipment.
Print in text-books.
Smoking and spitting.
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(6) every urinal vessel shall have a capacity of at least
gallous.
(5) In the premises of every co-educational school separate latrines and adequately screened approaches thereto shall be provided for each sex.
44. The supervisor shall carry out such alterations and im- provements to the sanitary arrangements in the school premises as may be required by the Director by notice in writing within a period specified in such notice.
45. An adequate and wholesome supply of water shall be provided in the premises of every school.
46. (1) The premises of every school shall be equipped with adequate washing facilities for pupils and teachers.
(2) Every school in premises designed and constructed for the purposes of a school and providing secondary education shall. in addition, be equipped with adequate changing rooms and bath- ing facilities for the pupils and teachers concerned in such educa- tion, and such facilities shall be situated in close proximity to any gymnasium or other space used for physical education by such school.
47. Every shop, canteen, dining-room, kitchen or other place on the school premises where food or drink is prepared, provided or consumed shall be maintained in a clean and hygienic con- dition.
48. (1) All school premises shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.
(2) The supervisor shall, if so required in writing by the Director, cause the whole or any part of the school premises to be suitably colour-washed or repainted.
49. All schools shall be provided with adequate and suitable furniture and equipment.
50. Text-books used in schools shall contain print of such a type and size as is calculated not to strain the eyes of pupils.
51. (1) No smoking shall be permitted in any classroom during school hours.
(2) Spitting is prohibited on school premises.
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52. (1) The principal of a school shall at the request of a medical officer of schools or a school nurse permit the medical officer or nurse to examine the person and clothing of any pupil upon the school premises.
(2) If on such examination a medical officer of schools is of the opinion that the person or clothing of any pupil is infected with vermin or is in a foul or filthy condition, he may require the supervisor to exclude such pupil from the school forthwith until such time as the person and clothing of the pupil have been cleansed to the satisfaction of a medical officer of schools.
53. (1) If a medical officer of schools certifies that any teacher, pupil, or employee should be excluded from school by reason of suffering of having recently suffered from any infectious disease or by reason of having been in contact with or living in the same bouse as a person suffering from an infectious disease, the supervisor shall, if so required in writing by the medical officer in charge of the school bealth services, cause such teacher, pupil, or employee to be excluded from school for such period as shall seem necessary.
(2) The principal shall immediately report to a medical officer of schools any suspected or known case of infectious disease amongst teachers, pupils or employees of a school, or when he suspects or knows that any such person has been in contact with a case of infectious disease.
54. (1) The Director may require any person employed in a school as well as any teacher to submit to medical examination.
(2) The Director shall have power to require every teacher to submit to an X-Ray examination by a government radiologist once every year and may issue directions to teachers accordingly. (3) The Director may require any pupil to submit to a medical examination.
55. (1) There shall be provided in the premises of every school at least one first aid box.
(2) At least 2 teachers in every school shall be trained in administering first aid.
(3) First aid boxes must be fitted outside and adjacent to all science laboratories and school workshops. All science teachers, workshop instructors and their assistants must be Familiar with the contents and their use.
(4) First aid boxes shall be maintained fully equipped at all times.
Medical examination of pupils.
Infectious discases.
Medical examination of leachers, pupils and employees.
Pirst aid.
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