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(e) Every drain passing under any such room shall he properly constructed
of a gas-tight pipe.
(f) Such room shall be effectually protected against the rising of any
effluvia or exhalation by means of a layer of good cement concrete at
least six inches thick laid upon the soil of the site of the entire room,
or in some other equally effective manner.
(y) Every such room which is without a fireplace, and a flue properly constructed
and properly connected with such fireplace, shall be provided
with special and adequate means of ventilation by a sufficient aperture
or air shaft which shall provide an unobstructed sectional area of 100
square inches at the least.
(h) Such room shall have one or more windows opening directly into the
external air, with a total area clear of the sash frames equal to at
least one-tenth of the floor area of the room, and so constructed that
one-half at least of every such window can be opened, and that the
opening may in every case extend to the top of the window.
Underground Livring Rooms.—These are mainly used for the purpose of
preparing, cooking, and partaking of food—that is, they are practically underground
domestic kitchens.
Underground Working Rooms.—These are used either as workshops or as
offices, and efforts are being made to control some of the worst types. Underground
bakehouses have been under the control of the Factory and Workshop
Acts for many years.
§ 4.—SCHOOLS.
At the 40 grant-receiving schools, 16 inspections and 0 re-inspections were
made during the year by the Woman Inspector.
The Board of Education having decided to relieve Local Authorities from
the obligation to provide school places for children under the age of five years,
the age at which compulsory school attendance begins, many authorities are
ceasing to admit school children from three to five years of age.
Infectious Diseases as concerning schools is dealt with in Part III., § 3,
Isolation and Exclusion.
THE CLEANSING OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
On the 21st December, 1910, your Council resolved—" That the London
County Council be urged to give directions for the washing out of the Infants'
Departments of their Schools once a week instead of once in three weeks."
At the Conference of Metropolitan Cities and Boroughs on matters relating
to Public Health, convened by the London County Council, at Spring Gardens,
S.W., on Thursday, 6th April, 1911, it was resolved—" That the cleansing of
Infants' Departments in Elementary Schools, and of the furniture, lower walls,
and floors thereof, should take place once a week."
In reference to the above resolutions the following is an extract from the
" London County Council Gazette," August 26th, 1911;—