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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
West Ham 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Spray balks. A domestic hot water boiler was enlarged, as
also was the central heating boiler.
Cost. The total cost of these reconstructions and additions
was £8,165, which sum £7,245 was spent on the buildings.
As this school is sufficiently large and well adapted for its
purpose to serve as a model, it is desirable to include here a review
of the main points in its design. These are shown in the following
table.
| Points. | Remarks. |
|---|---|
| Size | Approximately 32 acres. |
| Proportion to | |
| site of:— | |
| 7/8ths of an acre. | |
| (b) Playground | Tarred. Boys 105 ft. x 101 ft. |
| (10,605 sq. ft.) Girls 100 ft. | |
| x 145 ft. (14,500 sq. ft). | |
| (c) Garden | 10 acres approximately, balance |
| playing field, etc. | |
| Seven. | |
| Size | Four, 24 ft. x 24 ft. |
| Three, 23 ft. x 23 ft. | |
| Type | Open-air (on three sides). |
| Means of heating | Low pressure hot water. |
| Position of solid | Timber built open-air type; one |
| wall or walls | wall with no openings. |
| Verandahs | None. |
| Grass or asphalt | Small gardens between and in |
| plots in front of | front of class rooms with tar |
| paved paths. | |
| None. | |
| Size | 41 ft. x 37 ft. x 15 ft. high (1,517 |
| sq. ft.). |