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Kingston upon Thames 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]

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The Girls' Department (138) consists of two classrooms,
the larger one being- partially divided by a glass screen.
Unheated lobby and passage used as cloakroom with four
basins—unsatisfactory. In this passage there is a drainage
inspection chamber with a loose movable cover.
There are three w.c.s, wooden-cased—trough, automatic
flush—an old unsatisfactory system.
The Infants' Department (108) consists of one large
classroom divided by glass partitions, and an unheated
cloakroom containing three basins. There are five w.c.s—
wash-down—and a cement urinal.
St. Agatha's School.
The School consists of two departments only—Mixed
and Infants'—the latter being on the ground floor.
Natural lighting is good and artificial lighting by
incandescent gas.
Heating is maintained by coal stoves.
The inner walls are distempered.
The playground for Girls' and Infants' has been recently
tar-paved, and is good, but the playground for boys is
gravel and badly worn.
The Mixed Department (114), on the upper floor,
consists of two classrooms, and there are two unheated
cloakrooms with three basins in each.
The Infants' Department (86) consists of two classrooms
behind a glass partition, and a large room used for
play. There is an unheated cloakroom with three basins.
There are seven w.c.s for infants and girls, and four
w.c.s for boys—fixed seats, trough, automatic flush. The
boys' w.c.s are dirty and require repainting.
The urinal is foul, has no flush, and needs reconstruction.
All Saints' School.
The Boys' and Girls' Departments are in one building
and the Infants' Department in a separate building on" the
opposite side of Wood Street.
The main building is in a cramped position, adjacent
to high buildings, which exclude light, particularly in the
Girls' Department, which is on the ground floor.
Heating is maintained by open fires, and artificial
lighting by incandescent gas.
The small playground is asphalt, and is used alternately
for boys and girls.