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Main-room.—Additional means of heating is required
along the wall remote from the fire places. An additional
window should be provided at each corner. The low ventilators
should be dealt with as in Classroom.
The use of stained or muranese glass for the lower
panes of school room windows as in this school should be
discontinued.
Mixed Department.
Cloakroom.—The plaster is defective in places. It should
be renewed, the whole re-coloured and the ceilings whitewashed.
Classroom.—The main lighting is to the left of
the scholars and the window sills are about 7ft. from
the floor. An additional and lower window extending to the
back wall is required.
Playground to Infants' School.—The space between the
school and the infant girls' water-closets should be paved and
drained. The gravel road leading to the boys' urinals should
be made up to fall towards the gullies which at present are
above the gravel.
Water supply taps.—These should be provided with
drinking cups, and means should be taken to prevent
splashing from the gully over the surface of the playgrounds
when the taps are in use.
Boys' urinals and closets.—These are in an insanitary
state and require some re-constructing. A foul odour was
emanating from them on the occasion of my visit on May
24th, 1910. About two-thirds of the wall around is of wood
and is certainly used as a urinal. The floor is of blue
brick with crevices. The partitions provided to the slate
slabs should be removed and an automatic flush provided
for the urinal. The woodwork of the three tough closets is
decaying in places. The front of the closets should be
removed so that the whole surroundings may be cleansed.
Some of the tiles on the roof are defective. A cone is
required to the vent pipe.