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Willesden 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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(3) Inside repairs, decorations and renovations, including:—
Caretaker's House.—Walls and ceilings to be repaired and redecorated.
East Hut.—Cleaning and decoration. Repairs or renewal of lino on floors. Provision of
additional stoves.
Verandah in front of Dining Room.—Cleaning and decoration. Repairs to flooring. Provision
of stoves.
West Hut.—Cleaning and decoration. Repair of flooring. Provision of additional stoves.
Main Buildings.—Cleaning, repairs and decorations to Kitchen, Scullery and other Offices.
Windows.—Upper halves of all classroom windows to be made transparent.
Recreation Hut.—Repairs to walls. Provision of lino to floor. Provision of additional
stoves. Gas to be laid on.
(4) Alterations to existing structures so as to provide:—
5 Class Rooms.
Cloak Rooms for Boys.
Cloak Rooms for Girls.
10 W.C.'s for Girls.
8 W.C.'s for Boys.
2 Urinals for Boys, 7½ feet at least each.
10 Lavatory Basins for Boys.
10 Lavatory Basins for Girls.
Bathroom to take 15 spray and 2 adult baths.
Dressing Room.
1 Manual Training Room.
1 Laundry Room.
1 Cookery Room.
1 Dining Room.
1 Kitchen.
1 Scullery.
1 Larder.
1 Head Teacher's Room.
1 Common Room for Women Teachers.
Cloak Rooms, Lavatories, and W.C.'s for Teachers and Other Staff.
1 Caretaker's House with Offices.
Covered ways where necessary.
(5) Provision of new structures:—
Doctor and Nurses' Room, waiting Room and Dressing Room.
3 Resting Sheds.
ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE INVOLVED.
Capital Cost. £
1. General Outside Repairs (Engineer's Estimate) 200
2. Laying out of grounds to form playgrounds and garden.
(Based on Engineer's estimate), say 1,200
3. Inside repairs, decorations and renovations (Engineer's
estimate) 300
4. Alterations to existing structures (Engineer's estimate) 2,300
5. Provision of new structures (Engineer's estimate) 1,400
*6. Provision of 2 additional Ambulances 1,600
Total £7,000
* Each ambulance will carry 18 children and do 2 routes morning
and afternoon. This additional provision makes 6 ambulances in all,
2 of which practically would be on Leinster Road M.D. work. The
remaining 4 could carry 144 children per day to Dollis Hill.
Equipment.
Furniture for Classrooms, Kitchen, Dining Hall, Teachers',
Doctors' Room, etc., say £800
Equipment for Cookery Centre, Laundry Centre and Manual
Training Room (Education Officer's estimate) 240
Extra Clothing, Resting Chairs, etc., for children, say 500
Sundries, including Gardening Tools, say 60
Total £1,600
If the above expenditure of £8,600 (Capital cost £7,000 and equipment £1,600) is sanctioned
by the Board of Education Grant equal to 50 per cent. will be payable.