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THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE IN RELATION TO
PUBLIC HEALTH.
School Hygiene.
Under the control of the Ealing Education Authority at the
end of the year there were 20 public elementary schools embracing
35 departments.
Stanhope School, the new school to serve a part of Greenford,
the building of which was mentioned in the Annual Report for the
previous year, was completed and opened officially by the Mayor
in the middle of the year. It is a source of great satisfaction that
the Education Committee have adopted this type of school for it
has considerable advantages over the other types in the Borough
and marks a big step forward in school construction.
The School is of the Derbyshire type, and its main characteristics
are that the classrooms can be made to enjoy open-air conditions
in all kinds of weather, that the main source of light is from
windows facing north, and that the heating is by a parallel arrangement
of hot water pipes under the floor.
The school, which has accommodation for 800 children, is in
quadrangular form with a hall at each end and eight class-rooms
on each side, the quadrangle being divided into two by an intervening
open corridor. Along each side of the class-rooms and
halls there is a verandah six feet wide.
The class-rooms measure 25 feet by 20 feet and along both
sides are glazed doors which are fitted with hoppers in the upper
portion so that ventilation can be obtained by opening any or all
of the hoppers on one or both sides or by opening the doors completely
on one or both sides. The amount of fresh air admitted
to the class-rooms is therefore under easy and complete control
during all kinds of weather.
Lighting is mainly provided from the roof by means of north
windows set at a steep angle, the glass being of the wire-woven
pattern to obviate danger from falling glass. Dormer windows are
constructed in the roof on the south side not so much to assist in