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main drain and the defective rain-water pipes have been
repaired.
In room A the desks have been re-arranged so that the
main lighting of the room comes from the left.
There is no teachers' room in this department and two of
the class room doors open inwards.
In the Girls' and Infants' Departments teachers' rooms
have been provided and closet accommodation has been
improved.
Turnham Green (Roman Catholic School). Only one
alteration has been carried out in this school. A new grate
has been placed in one of the class rooms.
Acton Wells School was completed in 1909 and was
erected to replace a temporary school at Willesden Junction.
It is a 3-storey building. Each floor is arranged on the
same plan and consists of eight classrooms arranged round a
central hall together with cloak rooms, lavatories and teachers'
rooms. There are two playgrounds, one for the boys and one
for the infants and girls. There is a covered playshed in each
playground.
The sanitary conveniences are of the pedestal type, the
cistern automatically discharges each time the closet is used.
The heating of the building is by means of hot water. In the
babies' classrooms there are also open fireplaces. All the classrooms
are well lighted, the light in all instances comes almost
entirely from the left of the scholars. The artificial lighting is
by incandescent gas. In each room are placed inlet and outlet
ventilators.