A survey of the educational system of the Philippine islands by the Board of educational survey, created under acts 3162 and 3196 of the Philippine Legislature.

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against certain procedures. These prejudices for or against a thing
grow out of experiences and particularly out of the environmental experiences of training. The child accustomed to a clean, attractive, sanitary
toilet at the school builds up an attitude toward such kind of convenience. The problem of home sanitation and national sanitation
rests upon similar attitudes. Even the much vaunted Antipolo system
fails of its purpose because of lack of care. The seat covers in hundreds of toilets inspected were generally broken off or missing, the seat
indescribably foul, and the floor itself at times used for improper
purposes.
A sanitary survey made by the Philippine Health Service and reported
to the Superintendent of Schools of the City of Manila, April 9, 1924,
has been supplemented by additional inspections by a member of the
Commission. Private schools have been included in this supplement.
Many of the public schools fall below desirable sanitary standards
and all the private schools visited are indescribably insanitary. In one
large institution of the private adventure type one toilet for hundreds
of students is an actual menace to the public health. In dormitories
visited promiscuous expectoration, distributed waste material on floors,
walls, and handrails of stairways. The quite general practice of
careless expectoration suggests that the teaching of hygiene and sanitation on this point has been very ineffective. A tabulation of the
combined studies follows:
TABLE 56.-SAmITARY SUREi Or SCHOOL PLANTS, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
CITY OF MANILA
Number Per cent
Number of schools inspected....................................... 90
Classrooms:
Poor ventilation, bad illumination............................. 17 19
Overcrowding in classrooms................................... 23 26
Drinking facilities:
N o drinking cups............................................. 24 27
No facilities at all........................................... 20 22
Playground:
N o playground............................................. 34 )8
Insufficient play space........................................ 31 34
Toilets:
All in poor condition......................................... 29 32
One or more in poor condition.................................. 19 20
Foul odors noticeable....................................... 31 34
Absence of toilet paper........................................ 64 70
Tow els lacking............................................... 64 70
Toilet room inadequate in size............................... 33 37
N o washing facilities.......................................... 25 28
No urinals available.......................................... 11 12