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Worple Road Schools.
Lighting.
The back corners in the large room in the infants' department
should be provided with additional windows, and the
lighting of the classrooms in both infants and mixed schools can
be greatly improved by the provision of extra windows.
Flower pots should not be deposited on the school room
windows.
The blinds should be fixed on the inside surface of the wall
so as to allow the bottom of the blinds when drawn up to be
clear of the window.
Curtains should not be used for sub-dividing the rooms.
Heating.
This is by open fires which are inadequate and do not heat
the room uniformly. A low pressure hot-water system should
be installed.
Ventilation.
This is provided for by
i. Pivot and casement windows. More of these
should be made to open on the hopper principle, and the
pivot windows should be made to open more fully.
ii. Inlet ventilators provided in some of the window
bottoms. The lid of these is for the most part closed. It
should be removed and means of cleansing the air-duct
should be provided.
iii. Ventilators in flues.
iiii. Openings in ceilings.
The regulating cords to these should be kept in thorough
order, and the openings use as fully as the weather will permit.
Lavatory.
The situation of wash-hand basins in a cloakroom is not to
to be recommended.
The matchboarding boxing in the lavatory wastes should be
removed.