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School Hygiene.—A detailed sanitary survey is made by the
medical inspector at the conclusion of the medical inspection of
individual departments.
Mr. Frank H. Heaven, A.R.I.B.A., Architect to the Education
Committee, reports as follows :—
Structural Additions and Alterations.—The following works
have been carried out during the year, viz.:—
Pretoria Avenue Central Kitchen.—In order to centralise the
cooking for the feeding of necessitous and other school children,
the Infants' School premises at Pretoria Avenue have been converted
into a centre where the meals for some eight hundred children are
cooked and then distributed to various school dining centres in the
Borough.
A large kitchen with cleansing and storage rooms, stock and
staff rooms with a dining room have been provided. Constant hot
water from gas boilers, together with modern electrical equipment
for the preparation of the food, up-to-date apparatus for the cooking,
and insulated containers for the transport of the food by motor
van to the various centres are special features of the equipment.
William Morris Central School.—The remodelling and enlargement
of these premises was completed in March and has provided,
in addition to improved facilities for class work in each school, a
new metalwork room fitted with motorised machines, an Art room
with flat roof for out-of-doors study, and a Science room complete
with every convenience for advanced work in the sciences for the
boys; a similar Art room and Science room for the girls, with a
Domestic Subjects room replete with conveniences for teaching
domestic subjects and a self-contained housewifery section consisting
of a living room, bedroom, kitchenette, bathroom with
W.C., and lavatory.
A communal dining room with well-fitted kitchen and larder
accommodation meets the needs of the Staff and scholars requiring
meals on the premises.