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One Non-provided School (St. Mary's R.C.) was opened
during the year. The accommodation is for 311 junior boys and
girls.
A detailed sanitary survey is made by the Medical Inspector at
the conclusion of the medical inspection of individual Departments.
Any recommendations made are then forwarded to your Director
of Education.
During the year, good progress was made with the conversion of
trough closets to pedestal water closets and the replacement of
automatic flushing by individual flushing. A total of 162 new
pedestal water closets were substituted at the following Departments:—South
Walthamstow Central Boys, 10; Girls', 14; Queen's
Road Infants', 14; Coppermill Road Boys', 10; Girls', 12;
Infants', 20; Pretoria Avenue Boys', 8 ; Forest Road Infants',
16; Wood Street Boys', 10; Girls', 16; Infants', 16; Higham
Hill Junior Boys', 6; Infants, 10.
The Engineer and Surveyor has kindly furnished a complete
list of the more important improvements, which is given as
follows:—
Marsh Street Boys'.—Removal of dilapidated belfry. Complete
interior renovation (main building). Five new W.C. suites
installed in out-offices in place of defective ones. Additional fuel
storage.
Higham Hill Schools.—Large amount of re-pointing to buildings
and boundary walling.
Gamuel Road Schools.—Forming lobby to Infants' rear entrance.
Recovering of asphalted flat roofs to make watertight. Complete
interior renovation, all Departments. Reconstruction of defective
gable of Boys' Department (finishing).
Maynard Road Schools.—Improved water supply (from main).
Reconstruction of boiler room chimney stack.