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Drama.—Certain Assembly Halls have been provided with stage
beams and curtains, stage lighting and improved acoustic properties
effected.
Further Education.—The play area at the Marsh Street Youth
Centre has been resurfaced for games, and the whole of the interior
of the buildings decorated in bright colours.
Gymnasia.—Many of the infants' schools have been equipped
with climbing bars and nets, balancing boards, and some of the senior
schools with suitable equipment for indoor exercises.
Heating. — Existing systems have been maintained. A new
system has been installed in the east wing of the Walthamstow High
School for Girls, and new boilers with accelerator pumps elsewhere.
Space heaters, chiefly operated by gas, have been installed to supplement
inadequate systems at six schools.
Lighting. — Artificial lighting has been brought up to modern
standards in many rooms, particularly those in which art, needlework,
and similar work is carried out, the improvement, in most cases, being
effected by the use of fluorescent fittings.
The external lighting at one school has been improved by the
use of fluorescent lamps.
Maintenance.—All the educational properties are up to a good
standard of repair within the limits of the approved expenditure. The
annual vacuum cleaning of newly decorated schools has been carried
out to maintain general cleanliness.
Many of the school-keeper houses have been repaired and
renovated to bring them up to the standard required by service
regulations.
Reinstatements after fires have been effected at two schools.
Playfields.—These are maintained by the grounds' staff. Special
contract works are carried out as required and have included trees
about the perimeters of two playfields.
Large play areas have received treatment, to bring them into
playable condition, at the Sir George Monoux Grammar School, and
at The Chestnuts. Hedges have been levelled and land drains laid
at the Salisbury Hall Schools Playfield.
Playgrounds.—These have all received attention, in some cases
complete re-surfacing has been carried out.
Provision of Meals and Mil\.—The canteens at Schools are in a
good condition and additional equipment has been provided to meet
the demand for school meals, etc.
Serving hatches between canteen and dining hall are in hand
at three schools.
Thirty-eight hot cupboards for the warming of plates and service
of meals have been supplied and fixed.