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Lambeth 1905

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1905

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Regency Square (St.
James's.
Reedworth Street (St.
Philip's).
High Street (Archbishop
Tenison).
Lambeth Road (Wesleyan).
Prince's Road (St. Marythe-Less—Girls
and
Infants).
Elder Road (St. Luke's
—Girls).
Heme Hill Road (St.
Saviour's—Boys).
Bolton Street (St.
Mark's).
Inflammable nature of Girls' buildings.
Premises inconvenient with awkwardly
shaped large rooms.
Approach to Boys' Department insufficient,
and dangerous in case of
fire.
Girls' and Infants' sanitary offices too
close to windows of schoolrooms.
Boys' sanitary offices inside building,
and opening off the first floor landing.
No Playground for Boys.
Inconvenient schoolroom, which cannot
be altered unless adjoining
ground can be obtained for the
building of side classrooms.
Only one entrance to building, and the
approach to 1st floor (Senior Mixed)
is by awkward stone steps which
would prove dangerous in case of
fire.
Sanitary offices bad and inconveniently
situated.
No proper lavatories.
No proper playgrounds.
Premises in bad structural repair.
Premises in bad structural repair.
Sanitary offices bad and dilapidated.
Premises dilapidated, requiring complete
re-building.
Narrow and inconvenient classrooms.
Sanitary offices unsatisfactory.
Sanitary offices in bad condition.
Dilapidated premises.
Structurally, the results of the London County Council's
Architect's reports may be tabulated as follows, as far as the
Lambeth Non-provided Schools are concerned:—
(a) Suitable 13, i.e., 33.3 per cent.
(b) Unsuitable 9, „ 23.1 ,,
(c) Suitable (conditionally) 17, „ 43.6 „