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Willesden 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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(2) Floors.—All floors to be formed with cement concrete,
4ins. thick, and covered with "Woodura" or
"Decolite" composition—except the floors of washhouse,
bottle-heating room and heating chamber,
these to be granolithic.
(3) Roofs.—All roofs to be of wood construction, covered
with slate battens, felt and red "poilite," or similar
asbestos slates and red ridge tiles.
(4) Internal Finishings.—The internal walls of Administrative
Block to be faced with glazed bricks, except
Doctor's, Teachers' and Nurses' Rooms, Dining
Hall and Bottle Heating Room and Heating
Chamber. The ceilings of verandahs or resting
sheds to be open to apex of roof and lined with
match boarding. All other ceilings to be plastered.
(5) Ventilation.—The verandahs or resting sheds and
class-rooms to have ventilating ridges; all other
rooms to have ceiling outlets.
(6) Heating.—The Cloak Rooms, Dressing Room and
Corridors of Administrative Block to be heated
with hot water apparatus; the Doctor's, Teachers'
and Nurses' Rooms to have open fireplaces.
(7) Lighting.—To be by electricity.
(8) Tar Paving.—The paths surrounding the buildings and
the playground to be tar paved.
Comparisons and Estimated Costs.
The following Table compares the original scheme on
the Sewage Farm Site, for which an estimate was submitted,
and the scheme now presented to the Committee:—