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The old part consists of one classroom, the walls of
varnished matchboarding below and distempered above,
and a hollow plank floor.
Heating is maintained by open fires and artificial
lighting by incandescent gas.
An additional classroom, one side and part of the
front of which can be folded back, is situated in the
playground. This is heated by means of a stove and is
fitted with electric light.
There are two cloakrooms with no heating, and four
wash-basins in a shed across the playground, and apparently
no main drinking water.
Lavatory accommodation consists of a urinal and four
w.c.s for boys, and six w.c.s for girls—automatic flush.
St. Luke's School.
This School is situated in the Elm Road in a fairly
open position, the Boys' Department being on the ground
floor, and the Girls' School above.
The inner walls are of washable plaster below and
distempered above and need re-decorating.
Artificial lighting is by incandescent gas and is
unsatisfactory.
Heating is maintained by hot-water pipes and radiators,
the pipes running in sunken channels covered by gratings,
in the Boys' Department. There are fireplaces, but no
grates.
The playground is asphalt.
The Boys' Department (284) consists of a large room
divided into three classrooms by glass screens, and four
other classrooms, two cloakrooms with a sink and 10 basins.
The cloakrooms are heated by radiators. There is no
Teachers' room.
The lavatory accommodation consists of five w.c.s, two
of which are cracked, with wooden seats, and one Teachers'
w.c. all on one trough. These are unsatisfactory. The
urinal is foul and the cement-rendered surface should be
replaced by modern glazed slabbing.
The Girls' Department (278) has classrooms as in the
Boys' Department, dual desks throughout, and two cloakrooms
open to the stairs, heated by radiators, and containing
a sink and seven basins, two of which are cracked.
There is no Teachers' room.
The lavatory accommodation consists of seven w.c.s
on a trough, which is unsatisfactory.