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most of it is in two-storeys. It consists of 3 departments—Infants
Girls and Boys. The school has a very large central hall, which is
used by the Girls' and Infants' departments. The entrance to the
classrooms is not direct from the hall, but from each corner of the hall
corridors radiate, and the classrooms on the ground floor are situated
alongside these corridors.
The school has 1 small and 2 large playgrounds. One of the
large playgrounds and the small one are used in common by the
Girls and Infants. The sanitary conveniences for the Girls and
Infants are situated in the same playground, all the closets are of the
trough type, and are automatically flushed. For the girls there are
15 separate compartments, for the Infants (boys) there 5 and an
urinal measuring 10 linear feet, and for the boys, there are 7
compartments and an urinal measuring 15 linear feet.
Infants' Department consists of 6 classrooms. Two of the
rooms are partitioned, so that there is accommodation for 8 classes.
Five of the classrooms are on the ground floor and one is on the
first floor.
There are two cloakrooms, and in each there are lavatory basins
for the children.
There is no separate room for the teachers of this department.
The cloakrooms, corridors and central hall are heated by hotwater
pipes.
In the cloakrooms, the pipes are carried alongside the wall; in
the central hall the pipes are placed beneath iron gratings in the floor,
in the corridors there are radiators.
The classrooms with one exception are solely heated by open
fireplaces; in one room, in addition to a fireplace, hot water pipes are
carried along one of the walls.
The fireplaces are of a recent type and of the ventilating pattern.
Behind each grate is an air cavity which communicates with the outside
atmosphere and with the interior of the classroom. The air is
drawn from the exterior of the buildings, is led into the cavity, is
heated by the warm surface of the grate and passes into the classroom.
This type of grate not only enhances the heat value of the fireplace
but also acts as an inlet ventilator,