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floor space, but the light from two of the windows is impeded by the
Infants' School. The third window is situated behind the scholars.
The class room is occasionally partitioned off by a curtain, and
then most of the light to a part of the class room comes from behind.
Class room 12 is somewhat similarly situated, as far as the
lighting is concerned. The light here is impeded on the north side
by a portion of the girls' and boys' school.
In classroom 11 most of the light comes from the three windows
situated behind the scholars. In the other class rooms the lighting
is satisfactory.
Boys Department consists of 9 class rooms in the main building
and 2 in the iron building. The class rooms in the main building
are on the first floor, and the arrangement of the rooms and
corridor is similar to that of the Girls' department. The lighting is
better than that of the rooms on the ground floor, as the windows
are not obstructed by surrounding buildings. In the two rooms
which correspond to class rooms 10 and 12 on the ground floor
the window area in the Boys' department is larger.
The Iron Structure is situated in the playgrounds and consists
of 3 class rooms and 2 cloakrooms, but it has no lavatory
accommodation. One of the class rooms is occupied by the girls
and the other two are occupied by the boys.
The 3 rooms are heated by open fireplaces, but in the Girls'
class room there is in addition a gas stove. The efficient heating of
the building is very difficult of attainment, and this difficulty accounts
for the presence of the gas stove. Its presence can be justified on
no other grounds.
SOUTHFIELD ROAD.
Southfield Road School was erected in 1907 and is a three-storey
building.
On the ground floor is the Infants' Department, on the first
floor is the Junior mixed and on the second floor is the senior mixed.
Each floor is arranged on the same plan and consists of 7 class-