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ROTHSCHILD ROAD SCHOOL, (INFANTS).
This is a temporary iron building and consists of 5 class rooms
grouped round a central hall, together with cloakroom, lavatory and
teachers' room. It has a large playground which is drained but not
asphalted.
The sanitary conveniences are of the pedestal type, and the
closets are automatically flushed.
There are 6 compartments for the girls and 5 compartments
and an 8 stalled urinal for the boys.
All the classrooms and the central hall are heated by open fireplaces.
The fireplaces have ventilating grates.
There are outlet openings for ventilating purposes in the roof,
but there are no permanent inlet openings, apart from the
fireplaces.
EAST ACTON SCHOOL.
This school was erected in 1870, and is a one-storey building.
It is a mixed School for boys, girls' and infants. The building has
3 class rooms, together with cloakroom and lavatory accommodation.
Neither the lighting nor the ventilation of the school can be
considered satisfactory. In one of the class rooms the window area
measures about one-eighth of the floor space and in the other two
about one-seventh. In one class room there are 4 windows, 3 of
these are situated behind the scholars and the other one faces them.
In the second room the light comes from behind and the right and in
the third room it comes entirely from the right. There is also a
certain amount of obstruction to the light from the trees which are
situated between the building and the road.
The ventilation openings are somewhat similar to those in St.
Mary's School and described on a preceeding page. There are outlet
openings in the roof and arrangements in the floor which were
intended for inlet openings. The latter are closed.
The heating is by open fireplaces and the artificial lighting is
by gas.
There is no hall or corridor and the main entrance opens into
one of the cloakrooms. The latter immediately adjoins one of the
class rooms and is lighted entirely from the roof; this fanlight is also