Schools-Sanitary Inspection

Medical Inspection of Schools

In many countries, notably Sweden, Norway and Argentina, followed by Switzerland, Germany and the United States, schemes, dealing more or less effectively with the complex problem of school hygiene have gradually been evolved, generally springing from local municipal effort, later becoming centralised ; but in England there were few centres in which any serious attention had been given to the m...

Chapter 8 * : SANITARY INSPECTION AND MICROBIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY

Sanitary inspection, water quality determination and data analysis and interpretation are essential elements in characterising the microbiological safety of water in recreational areas. Sanitary inspection is a necessary adjunct to water microbiological analysis. A well-conducted sanitary inspection can identify sources of microbiological hazards, microbiological water quality data confirm the ...

Sanitary towel provision and disposal in primary schools.

This study was designed to look at arrangements for menstruating girls in primary schools. We report the results of a questionnaire sent to the head teachers of 344 randomly selected primary schools throughout the UK. Although sanitary towels were available in 90% of schools, most girls had to ask an adult for a towel. Almost 60% of schools had disposal facilities, but in only 43% were faciliti...

Methods for Sanitary Inspection of Microbiological and Parasitary Quality of Water and Sand of Recreation Areas

Recreation areas have primary environmental contact matrices (water and sand) with the population and therefore need to be monitored periodically,dueto to the risks to human and animal health posed by the potencial presence of pathogenic microorganisms. The purpose of this work was to recommend methods which can be used in the investigation of bioindicators of importance in the area of environm...

Menstrual hygiene in Ugandan schools: an investigation of low-cost sanitary pads