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Children sufficiently well attend the open air school for two hours in the morning and oneand-a-half
hours in the afternoon.
The new open air school built in the grounds close to the sanatorium is a red brick building
with tile roof, and consists of one large room divided by a folding partition into two classrooms, each
classroom accommodating 25 children. The fourth side of the school facing South is completely open,
but capable of being closed in inclement weather by a folding partition; on the opposite wall are
large low windows opening outwards, so that both classrooms are light, airy rooms. Two nonresident
teachers are in charge. A teachers' room and cloak room and lavatory accommodation
for the children are provided in the annexe, and in each classroom there is a hot water radiator heated
from a small boiler in the annexe basement.
The single portable desks used by the children are easily transferred when lessons are given
in the garden. The children have compulsorv rest in bed or out in the shelters three times a day.
There are several revolving shelters in the grounds, each containing two beds, and these are
in constant use by the children.
A large play shelter is provided for wet weather, the children at other times playing in the
garden or fields, the grounds surrounding the sanatorium being extensive.
19. Nottingham—Thurgarton Convalescent Home and Residential Sanatorium School.—Visited
12th April, 1920. Deputation:—Councillors W. M. Bolton, Mrs. Moore, Miss Royle, the Rev. H.
Martin Thorpe, and Dr. Buchan.
This home admits the children of the Nottingham Education Authority who are suffering
from phthisis and tubercular glands. It is a small residential home, under the charge of a matron,
with accommodation for 10 children. Outside there is a wooden shed with one side open to the
air where the children have lessons in wet weather.
Thurgarton is about 15 miles from Nottingham City.
20. Oxford—Berks and Bucks Sanatorium and Residential Sanatorium School, Peppard
Common.—Visited 21st April, 1920. Deputation:—Councillor Mrs. Moore, the Rev. H. Martin
Thorpe, and Dr. Atkinson.
This sanatorium is under the joint control of the Oxon, Berks and Bucks Joint Council, and
provides accommodation for 34 males, 20 females and 40 children (boys and girls). A woman
Medical Superintendent is in charge.
The buildings are of the wooden hut type, well raised above the ground and with tiled roof,
each hut being sub-divided into small and large wards, the wards opening on to a wide verandah and
having a recreation room, nurses' duty room, etc., at the end of each pavilion. The small wards
opening on to the verandah are fitted with carriage windows which drop to the level of the bed.
The school is a similar hut divided into two classrooms, on each of three sides of the classroom
there is a large French window opening outwards, and on either side large carriage windows so that
each side can be partially thrown open according to weather conditions and each classroom is heated
by an anthracite stove. As the buildings stand in 95 acres of land, ample recreation ground is
available for the children.
The sanatorium is being extended to provide accommodation for 60 males, 36 females, and
80 children, asbestos huts purchased from the Red Cross at a cost of £3,000, are in course of erection
and when completed the transfer will cost £5,000.
One hut divided by a moveable partition will give two extra classrooms. These classrooms
will have three windows on each side opening inwards and at the end a medium sized French window
and each room will be heated by a central stove.
The window space appears to be inadequate for an open air school and the huts are liable
to be very hot and stuffy in the summer and it seems unfortunate that with so much land available
the two new huts for children should be placed so close together.
Dormitory accommodation is provided in a similar hut and 12 small wards of two beds each
are set aside for isolation purposes.
In the new extension a large dining hall and playroom are provided in addition to duty rooms,
bathrooms, lavatories, etc.
The cooking for the sanatorium is to be done at a central kitchen and distributed from there
to each pavilion.
When the extension is completed extra children can be admitted, but the school conditions will
not be ideal and for an open air school there is little to be said in favour of the conversion of army
huts.