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Provision of Meals and Milk.—The kitchens and sculleries at
schools have been kept in good condition, and additional equipment
provided as necessary.
Two new dining rooms have been erected and opened, one at
Chapel End Secondary and Junior School and one at Hale End
Special School.
Plans and estimates for five new dining rooms and kitchens
have been prepared and submitted, but, owing to reasons of economy,
dictated by the Ministry of Education, these have been deferred.
Sculleries have been renovated at twelve schools.
Floors to halls used as dining rooms have been sanded and
sealed with plastic material to render them free from grease stains.
Hot cupboards have been ordered for 39 schools and are now
in progress of being delivered and fixed.
Renovations.—Complete renovations to exteriors of six schools
and interiors of six schools have been carried out in bright colour
schemes, and at the schools' library in High Street. Seventeen staff
rooms have been redecorated where circumstances required early
attention.
Owing to high costs and limited funds, it has not been possible
to proceed with as much school decoration as is needed, but the
leeway, which occurred during the war years, is being reduced.
Sanitation.—Cold water supply tanks and automatic flushing
tanks have been installed or renewed to comply with the Metropolitan
Water Board Regulations.
Hot water supplies, chiefly from gasOperated appliances, have
been installed at 16 schools for staff and scholar usage, principally
for school meals purposes.
Nine mixed water showers, for use in connection with gymnasia
have been installed at one school and at the Marsh Street Youth
Centre.
Electric hand driers for both sexes have been fixed at one school.
Additional lavatory accommodation, consisting of W.C.'s,
lavatory basins, washing troughs and sinks, with cold and hot water
supplies, have been fixed or are due to be installed at five schools.
Sites and Properties.—Additional sites for educational purposes
have been acquired at Wood Street School, Temples Field and Roger
Ascham School.
Sound Equipment.-—Radio equipment is being provided under
a progressive scheme, and provision has been made for the necessary
electricity supplies to receivers and loudspeakers.
Visual Aids.—Equipment is being supplied under a similar
scheme, and ancillary work of blacking-out and provision of screens
has been carried out to ensure satisfactory results.
War Damage, Etc.—A very large amount of war damage repairs
and works of reinstatement after use of buildings by A.R.P. and
N.F.S. Services has been carried out at seven schools.