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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Cloakroom.
No proper cloakroom is provided.
A porch is used in one part of the school.
Clothes are taken into the room where Class IV. is at
work in another part and thrown down, wet or dry, across
the benches.
Another section of the scholars use a room which is also
used as a store room.
This last room could be made into a good cloakroom if
well lighted, ventilated and heated so that children's clothes
are properly dried during school hours. It should be the
duty of some responsible person to see that infants' clothes
are properly hung up in the cloak rooms provided.
Ashpit.
This should be done away with as it can be emptied and
cleansed only with extreme difficulty, and replaced by a covered
galvanized iron bin.
Urinal.
This is not sufficiently large and should be extended where
space is provided by the removal of the ashpit. The partitions
are unnecessary and give rise to a nuisance, as no provision
is made for flushing them.
Vent-pipe.
No cone is provided.
Yard.
Where the urinal is situated the yard should be completely
paved.
Playground.
This requires to be re-gravelled and adequately drained. A
shelter should be provided for the children.
All other conditions at this school are satisfactory.