Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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Girls' Department.
Playground.—There are defective areas in the asphalt; and
the paving at the entrances and along the front of the building
needs attention.
W.c's.—There are seven apartments; six more are indicated.
The doors have no inside fastenings and are not self-closing, and
five are defective.
Lavatory.—Of six taps supplying basins four are defective.
Four waste plugs are missing.
Drinking Water.—There is no gully trap to receive surplus
water from the fountain in the playground.
Infants' Department.
Urinal.—The cement rendering is cracked. About 12 feet of the
sparge pipe are missing. The floor has an insufficient fall towards
the channel.
W.c's.-'The doors are not self-closing and three are defective.
The floors are laid with an insufficient fall.
Drinking Water.—*The tap of the fountain external to the
teachers' room is defective and the supply is cut off.
HESTON SCHOOL.
Boys' Department.
Urinal.—*Sparge pipe defective. Channel insufficient to accommodate
the flush.
W.c's.—* Seats dirty. Walls dirty. *No fastenings provided
inside the doors.
Lavatory.—One basin broken ; paving of floor defective.
Ashbin.—*Defective, having neither bottom nor cover.
Male. Teachers' Lavatory.—Flushing cistern defective, lighting
and ventilation deficient. Walls of apartment are dirty.
Girls' Department.
W.c's.—*Seat8 dirty. *Four doors unprovided with inside
fastenings.