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VENTILATION.
The ventilation, of course, varies a good deal, depending.
on the care taken by the particular teacher. Natural
ventilation is used in all these schools, supplemented by
Tobin's Tubes and various "hit and miss" ventilators. Some
of the schools are overcrowded at certain times of the year,
and require extra care at those times. The reduction in
the size of the classes, due to the recent decision in the
circular of the Board of Education, will have a beneficial
effect in some of the class.rooms in this direction. Tin.
whole subject is one that requires more detailed and scientific
examination to see exactly how these schools compare with
a reasonable standard.
HEATING.
Heating is by open fires alone, or open fires in combination
with radiators. At Newbury Park Infants' School in
two of the class.rooms there are gas stoves in addition to
the open fire for the purpose of heating the back portions of
these rooms. These, however, have not proved a success,
and as there is no flue, perhaps it is not to be desired that
they should. Thermometers are kept in all the rooms in a
central position.
At this school, too, the cloak.room ventilates into the
central hall, which is very bad and objectionahle. The same
condition is in existence at Chadwell, and requires amendment.
EQUIPMENT.
In all these schools dual desks are in use and, while
varying in detail, on the whole are suitable for their purpose.
Some desks in the Junior Mixed Department at
Christehurch Road School were altered in the earlier part of
the year, on my report to the Committee, of their unsuit.
ability.