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very thick frames. The walls are distempered and the
floors hollow.
The playground is asphalt and contains trees, which
afford shade in the summer for open-air classes.
There are no Teachers' rooms or lavatories.
Most of the desks are of the old long type.
The Boys' Department (173) consists of five classrooms
and an unheated cloakroom. No washing basins.
There are five w.c.s—trough, automatic flush—which
are as clean as possible, but the system in unsatisfactory.
The cement urinal is somewhat furred, and is
unsatisfactory.
The Girls' Department (141) consists of three classrooms
and an unheated cloakroom, low, but of fair size,
containing a sink and two enamelled iron basins.
There are seven w.c.s—trough, automatic flush, as in
the Boys' School.
The Infants' Department (62) consists of a large room,
divided by glass partitions, and a smaller classroom.
There is an unheated cloakroom containing sink and
enamelled bowls.
There are six w.c.s—trough, automatic flush—and two
urinals for infant boys.
St. John's School.
This School is situated in the Portland Road, and behind
has the Hogg's Mill Stream with the land adjoining, giving
an open position.
The natural lighting is indifferent, much of the light
being shut out by the very thick window frames. Artificial
lighting is by incandescent gas, and is poor.
The floors are hollow and the walls distempered.
The desks in all departments are of the old long type,
except a few in the Infants' School.
There are no Teachers' rooms or lavatories.
The playground is small, gravel, and very dusty or
muddy, and contains a large tree, which gives shade to an
open-air class in summer.
The heating is by open fires and coal stoves. In the
large rooms it appears difficult to maintain a reasonable
temperature in cold weather.
The Boys' Department (111) consists of two classrooms,
the larger one being partially divided by a glass screen.
There is an unheated cloakroom with two basins. There
are three w.c.s—wash-down—and a urinal, the floor of
which needs repair.