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The gas lighting at the Woodford Green Primary School has
been replaced by electric lighting, and the remodelling of the electric
lighting at the Woodford High School and Wood Street Junior
School completed.
Maintenance.—Education properties have been maintained in
a good condition of repair: vacuum cleaning at all schools, and the
cleaning of windows four times in the year carried out.
The St. Mary's C. of E. Infants School, on transfer to the
Committee as a controlled school, has been extensively repaired and
improvements made in heating and lighting.
Playfields.—These are maintained by the Ground Staff. Special
works, as land drains (1), levelling and seeding (2), and renewal of
fences (1), have been carried out by contracts.
The changing rooms and showers with canteen and lavatory
blocks at the North Walthamstow Schools Sports Ground have been
painted inside and outside, and a new machine store erected, as well
as a dressing hut at the Temples Field.
Playgrounds.—These have been repaired and re-surfaced, as
well as entrance drives and footway approaches.
A new playshed has been erected at the Chapel End Infants
School.
A contract has been let for the extension of the playground at
the Hale End Special School.
Provision of Meals and Milk.—The canteens at schools are
maintained in good condition. Improvements, such as additional
hot cupboards, fish fryers, rinsing sinks, glazed sinks, etc., have been
effected at five schools.
A contract has been let for a new canteen and store at the
Coppermill Road Junior School, and the transfer and remodelling
of the kitchen at the Technical School, Hoe Street, carried out.
The renovation and conversion of the former kitchen into a dining
hall is also in hand.
Sanitation.—The conversion from automatic flushing to individual
W.C. suites has been carried out at two schools.
New lavatory basins with hot and cold water supplies have been
installed at one junior and one secondary school.
A contract has been let for the first instalment of the new lavatories
with washing facilities at the Woodford Green Primary
School.
All the external lavatories have been distempered.
Routine inspections have been made by the Sanitary
Inspectorate and minor defects reported and remedied.