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In all the classrooms in the Infants' department, there is an outlet
opening for ventilation purposes in the breast of the chimney.
There are also the usual ventilation openings ; under each window
are placed inlets, and in the roof there is an outlet.
The window area in all the classrooms appears ample, but in 3
of the rooms the light comes entirely from behind the scholars. In
one room, the light comes entirely from the right, in one it comes
partly from the right and partly from the left, and in only one room
does the light come entirely from the left.
Priory Girls' School consists of 8 classrooms, but 1 room is partitioned
so as to accommodate two classes, 6 of the rooms are
situated on the ground floor and 2 on the first floor.
It has 2 entrances, 1 from the main street in Acton Lane, and
one from the smaller playground on the northern side of the Infants'
Department.
The department has 3 cloakrooms, one of these is practically a
continuation of the corridor which leads from the Girls' to the Boys'
department. This latter cloakroom is lighted on one side by means
of borrowed light from one of the classrooms, and requires great care
to keep it well ventilated, as thorough ventilation cannot be obtained.
Five of the classrooms are heated by open fireplaces, these
fireplaces have ventilating grates, but there is not an outlet opening
in the breast of the chimney. One classroom is heated by hot water
pipes. All the rooms have inlets for ventilation purposes under the
windows, and in two of the rooms there are in addition 3 Tobin's
tubes. In 5 of the rooms there are special outlet openings in the
roof provided for ventilation purposes; in the other 3 classrooms
there are no special outlet openings.
The window area in all the rooms is ample, but in one of the
rooms the light is much impeded by proximity to other buildings.
In only 4 rooms does the light come from the left; in one other room
it comes partly from the left, in 2 it comes from the right and in 1 it
comes from behind. In the latter, though, there is some borrowed
light coming from the left.
Priory Boys' School also consists of 8 classrooms, and one room is